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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Michael M. Sawalski, Racine, WI (US);
Michael M. Sawalski, Racine, WI (US);
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
Holders for automatically treating cleaning implements (e.g. kitchen sponges) with antibacterial chemicals during storage are disclosed. These holders have a solid compressed chemical surface for contacting the cleaning implement between uses. Moisture from the used cleaning implement dissolves a small amount of the chemical (e.g. sodium chloride), thereby causing the chemical to treat the contact surface of the cleaning implement. Merely by placing a sponge or the like on a coaster, or against another holder surface, bacterial growth on the sponge or the like can be inhibited, thereby extending the useful life of such cleaning implements.