Floor cleaning article with strip and absorbent core

Abstract

A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article has a width and comprises a sheet, having an inwardly oriented face and an outwardly oriented face opposed thereto. An absorbent core is joined to one face of the sheet. A hydrophilic gather strip element having strips is joined to the sheet. The core has a core width and the gather strip element has a gather strip width which is greater than the core width. The differential widths provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to cleaning articles, and more particularly to cleaning articles for absorbing cleaning fluid from a target surface. Background technique [0002] Various cleaning articles have been created for dust removal and light cleaning. For example, cloth wipes and paper towels have been used dry, or wetted with polishing and cleaning compositions, on relatively flat surfaces such as kitchen countertops, bathrooms, sinks, and floors. However, wipes and paper towels can be problematic for reasons such as hygiene (the user's hands may come into contact with chemicals, dirt, or surfaces during cleaning), reach (the user may find it difficult to remove hands reaching into hard-to-reach locations) and inconvenience (cleaning between articles with tight gaps often requires moving the articles). [0003] To overcome the problems associated with the use of rags and paper towels, various reusable dust collection devices have been utilized...

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Problems solved by technology

However, wipes and paper towels can be problematic for reasons such as hygiene (the user's hands may come into contact with chemicals, dirt, or surfaces during cleaning), reach (the user may find it difficult to remove hands reach into hard-to-reach locations) and inconvenience (cleaning between products with small gaps often requires moving the products)

And generally flat floor sheets may not clean well into floor cracks or grout lines

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