Cleaning article with elastically contracted sheet

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8756746
APP PUB NO 20130232714A1
SERIAL NO

13416486

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A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle and comprising tow fibers and at least one sheet joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is generally planar. The sheet is elastically contracted. The sheet may be elastically contracted by heat shrinkable material, by elastic strands and/or may be elastomeric. This arrangement allows the sheet to entangle and thereby fluff the tow fibers. Such fluffing is believed to improve cleaning performance.

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  • MED INSTITUTE, INC.;THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

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Policicchio, Nicola John Mason, US 120 2534

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