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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2013
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventor:

Glenn Allen Bradbury, Mason, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/33 (2006.01); A47L 13/44 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 13/12 (2006.01); A47L 13/16 (2006.01); A47L 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/44 (2013.01); A47L 11/33 (2013.01); A47L 11/4013 (2013.01); A47L 11/4041 (2013.01); A47L 11/4069 (2013.01); A47L 11/4072 (2013.01); A47L 13/12 (2013.01); A47L 13/16 (2013.01); A47L 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A retainer for removably attaching a sheet to a cleaning device. The retainer has at least one cantilevered finger extending inwardly from the periphery of a cavity towards the inside of that cavity. Behind the retainer is a flexible barrier, at least partially covering the back of the cavity. The barrier prevents the user's finger from going too far into the cavity and becoming pinched, and allows the thickness of the device to which the sheet is attached to be reduced compared to a device having a conventional sheet retainer. The barrier may provide visual and/or tactile barrier cues to a user, qualitatively signaling the user which direction is proper for insertion of the sheet into the retainer and quantitatively signally the user how far the sheet should be inserted into the retainer. Strands and/or a membrane panel which are elastic or inelastic may be used for the barrier.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bradbury, Glenn. (2016). Retainers for a device having removable floor sheets (U.S. Patent No. 9408518). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9408518

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