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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Joseph Michael Gaines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Hirotaka Uchiyama, Loveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Gaines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Hirotaka Uchiyama, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A head for cleaning a target surface, such as a toilet bowl. The head has a longitudinal axis and comprises a starch based material. The material may be provided as a sheet, and formed to make a generally round head or a head of laminae. The head may optionally contain granules, which optionally define a core and improve the stiffness of the head. The starch based material may be extruded to have a machine direction oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cleaning device.