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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1995
Lyle B Tuthill, Indian Hill, OH (US);
John P Grooms, Cincinnati, OH (US);
H Norman Reiboldt, West College Corner, IN (US);
William P Dirksing, Cleves, OH (US);
Charles G Yeazell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard M Girardot, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eric J Grosgogeat, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard G Bausch, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A personal cleansing implement comprises a tubular piece of hydrophobic diamond-mesh scrim, which is stretched to expand the diamond mesh, gathered along a longitudinal axis of the tubular piece of scrim to form circumferential pleats, and heat set in an expanded and pleated condition to form a substantially rectangular resilient batt. Top and bottom surfaces of the batt are bonded together adjacent the perimeter of the batt by a bonding means. Thread stitching or intermittent thermobonding are the preferred bonding means. Ultrasonic bonding is most preferred. A tether loop is connected to the implement for hanging it from a support during drying.