Kit for fluffing a cleaning implement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9533822-B2
Application number	US-201414169201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A kit containing at least one cleaning article and a package therefor. The cleaning article has a layer of tow fibers and a layer of sheet material, joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is compressed as contained in the package and releases as dispensed to ambient pressure. Such release aids in fluffing of the cleaning article, improving cleaning performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A kit comprising a package and at least one cleaning article therein, each said at least one cleaning article comprising tow fibers and at least one nonwoven sheet joined thereto to form a respective laminate duster, each said at least one cleaning article having a cleaning article cross section,
said at least one cleaning article being compressed about 30 to about 70 percent in said package, said package having a dispensing aperture therethrough, said dispensing aperture having a dispensing aperture cross section smaller than said cleaning article cross section whereby upon removal of each said at least one cleaning article from said package through said dispensing aperture, each said at least one cleaning article is constricted in cross section, then rebounds as each said respective at least one said cleaning article is no longer constrained by said dispensing aperture cross section so that said tow fibers of each said respective at least one cleaning article are fluffed by dispensing through said aperture.

2. A kit according to claim 1 wherein said package has at least one sidewall with a dispensing aperture therethrough, and comprising a plurality of cleaning articles therein, said package having a package height taken perpendicular to said aperture, said plurality of cleaning articles having a stack height providing for compression of said cleaning article and taken in the same direction as said package height, said compression being in the same direction as said package height and said stack height.

3. A kit according to claim 2 wherein said plurality of cleaning articles is compressed about 40 to about 60 percent in said same direction.

4. A kit according to claim 2 wherein said cleaning articles are folded in said package.

5. A kit according to claim 4 wherein said cleaning articles are interfolded to provide pop up dispensing.

6. A kit comprising a package and at least one cleaning article therein, each said at least one cleaning article having a respective cleaning article cross section and comprising tow fibers and at least one nonwoven sheet joined thereto to form a respective laminate duster,
said package comprising a dispensing sidewall having a dispensing aperture therethrough, said dispensing aperture having a size which constricts each said at least one at least one cleaning article upon removal therethrough, said dispensing aperture having a dispensing aperture cross section smaller than each said at least one cleaning article cross section whereby upon removal of each said at least one cleaning article from said package through said dispensing aperture, each said at least one cleaning article is constricted in cross section, then rebounds as each said respective at least one cleaning article is no longer constrained by said dispensing aperture cross section so that said tow fibers of each said respective at least one cleaning article are fluffed by dispensing through said aperture.

7. A kit according to claim 6 comprising a plurality of cleaning articles therein, said plurality of cleaning articles being interfolded to provide pop-up dispensing.

8. A kit according to claim 7 wherein said cleaning articles are bi-folded.

9. A kit according to claim 6 wherein said at least one cleaning articles is bi-folded.

10. A kit according to claim 9 comprising a plurality of cleaning articles, wherein said cleaning articles are compressed 30 to 70%.

11. A kit according to claim 10 wherein said cleaning articles are selectively constricted upon removal through said aperture, such that only a portion of each said cleaning article is equally constricted upon dispensing.

12. A kit according to claim 10 wherein said cleaning articles are compressed 40 to 60%.

13. A kit according to claim 6 wherein said package is generally parallelepipedally shaped having six sidewalls, and said dispensing aperture intercepts two contiguous sidewalls.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Policicchio Nicola John

Classifications

• A47L13/38

  Other dusting implements {(using adhesive surfaces A47L25/005)} · CPC title

• B65D83/0894

  the articles being positioned relative to one another or to the container in a special way, e.g. for facilitating dispensing, without additional support · CPC title

• B65D83/0805

  through an aperture in a wall · CPC title

• B65D85/16 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D75/5894

  Preformed openings provided in a wall portion and covered by a separate removable flexible element · CPC title