IP Library Granted Patent US 8,635,732
Granted Patent B2
US 8,635,732 · App. 12/440,498 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Cleaning article comprising melamine foam sponge

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Patent No.
US 8,635,732
App. No.
12/440,498
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning article comprising a melamine foam which comprises a cleaning fluid. Also disclosed a methods for the manufacture of said cleaning articles, and methods for their use in the treatment of hard surfaces.

Claims (10)

1. A cleaning article which comprises:

a housing having a moveable piston;

a non-aqueous cleaning fluid which includes at least 50% wt. of a hydrophobic liquid composition, contained in an abradable melamine foam which disintegrates during use, having an essentially three-dimensional configuration and which is moveably engaged with said housing, said foam having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion of said foam being encased within said housing and said second portion of said foam extending outwardly from said housing such that said second portion is exposed from said housing;

wherein upon said piston being moved in a direction such that said piston contacts said first portion of said foam, said foam moves in the same direction as said piston whereupon said second portion of said foam is further extended outwardly from said housing.

2. A cleaning article according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning fluid includes a hydrophobic silicone emulsion composition.

3. A cleaning article according to claim 2 wherein the cleaning fluid includes a hydrophobic volatile silicon derivative.

4. A cleaning article according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning fluid includes a hydrophobic volatile organic solvent composition.

5. A cleaning article according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning fluid includes a paraffinic hydrocarbon.

6. A cleaning article according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning fluid includes a surfactant.

7. A cleaning article according to claim 1 wherein the cleaning fluid includes water.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 22, 2011
From: RECKITT BENCKISER, INC.
To: RECKITT BENCKISER, INC.
Reel/Frame 026952/0192 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 22, 2011
From: RECKITT BENCKISER, INC.
To: RECKITT BENCKISER LLC
Reel/Frame 026952/0205 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2009
From: DEDOMINICIS, MATTIA; WILTSEE, KRISTINA
To: RECKITT BENCKISER INC.
Reel/Frame 022581/0291 →