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Multi-sided washcloth

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-08-05
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ASSEN BV
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[0005]The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a w

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For a care recipient this basically means that during the time the care provider is changing washcloths, he needs to wait in a possibly unpleasant or straining position for

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[0022]In the drawing figures, corresponding or comparable parts are designated with the same reference characters.

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[0023]FIG. 1 shows, in perspective view, a first exemplary embodiment of a washcloth 1 according to the present invention. The washcloth 1 is composed of three cloth parts I, II and III.

[0024]In the orientation of the washcloth 1 as shown, the work surface I′ provided by the first cloth part I is visible in its entirety. Of the work surface II′, provided by the second cloth part II, a portion can be seen, and the work surface III′ of the third cloth part III—like the third cloth part III itself—is not visible in the figure because in the view shown it is situated on the rear side of he washcloth 1. In the first exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1, the cloth parts I, II, III are identical, and the washcloth 1 as a whole may possibly have triple rotational symmetry around the axis A. The following explanation on cloth part I therefore applies...

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A washcloth (1) comprising at least three cloth parts (I-IV), which cloth parts are mutually connected for forming an internal hand receiving space (6), and wherein each cloth part provides an external work surface (I′-IV′).

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to Netherlands Patent Application No. 2002488 filed on Feb. 3, 2009 and entitled “Multi-Sided Washcloth” and is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully disclosed herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]In, for example, hospitals and nursing homes, the washing of infirm, often bedridden persons by care providers is part of everyday care. In a great many care institutions, washing is still done with the aid of washbowls, water, soap, towels and normal washcloths. Such a traditional washing not only takes relatively much time, but is also an intensive job for both the care provider and the care recipient. For a care provider, a traditional washing normally means performing three or four operations: soaping, rinsing, drying and possibly applying a skin care lotion. At the same time, such a washing is experienced by many care recipients as fatiguing or painful, for instance because they need to assume specific, ...

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IPC IPC(8): A47K7/02A47K7/04
CPCA47L13/18A47K7/02
Inventor HUIZINGA, JOZEF
Owner SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ASSEN BV
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