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Granted Patent B2
US 10,004,374 · App. 15/194,748 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Unitary cleaning fluid and cleaning wipes device

Inventor: Greg Schildmeier (Santa Monica, CA)
Assignee: Gregory E. Schildmeier
A47L13/26A47L13/16A47L13/51
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Patent No.
US 10,004,374
App. No.
15/194,748
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein is a handheld cleaning device, which stores cleaning wipes as well as fluid. In an embodiment, the cleaning device comprises a hollow inner longitudinal portion, a hollow base, and a hollow outer longitudinal portion. All three hollow portions are joined together to form a single hollow fluid reservoir. In use, a cylindrical role of cleaning wipes may be slipped over the hollow inner longitudinal portion such that the hollow inner longitudinal portion is located inside the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes. The hollow outer longitudinal portion is located outside the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes and secures the cylindrical roll of cleaning wipes to the device. Further, the hollow base is located under the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes and further secures the cylindrical roll of cleaning wipes to the device.

Claims (23)

1. A cleaning device comprising:

a hollow inner longitudinal portion;

a hollow base;

a hollow outer longitudinal portion; and

a handle,

wherein the hollow inner longitudinal portion couples to the hollow base and wherein the hollow base couples to the outer longitudinal portion, thereby forming a single hollow fluid reservoir,

wherein the hollow inner longitudinal portion extends longitudinally further from the hollow base as compared to the hollow outer longitudinal portion,

wherein the cleaning device is adapted to store cleaning wipes that are attached to a cylindrical roll, wherein the hollow inner longitudinal portion is located inside the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes, the hollow outer longitudinal portion is located outside the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes, and the hollow base is located under the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes,

wherein the hollow outer longitudinal portion comprises a pressure balancing mechanism operable to fill the hollow outer longitudinal portion with fluid, and

wherein the handle couples to the hollow inner longitudinal portion and the handle comprises a spray mechanism operable to spray fluid from the fluid reservoir.

2. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the hollow outer longitudinal portion does not directly contact the hollow inner longitudinal portion, but rather, the hollow outer longitudinal portion is coupled to the hollow inner longitudinal portion via the hollow base.

3. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the hollow outer longitudinal portion angles inward towards the hollow inner longitudinal portion.

4. The cleaning device of claim 3 wherein the angled hollow outer longitudinal portion secures the cleaning wipes.

5. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the pressure balancing mechanism comprises a nipple.

6. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the pressure balancing mechanism comprises pressure valve.

7. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the pressure balancing mechanism comprises a plug that fits into an opening of the hollow outer longitudinal portion securing the cleaning wipes.

8. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the pressure balancing mechanism is a borehole.

9. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein a first horizontal length of the hollow base is longer than a second horizontal length of the hollow base.

10. The cleaning device of claim 9 wherein the hollow base is rectangular shaped or oval shaped.

11. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the fluid reservoir extends upwardly into the handle.

12. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the handle couples to the hollow inner longitudinal portion via a screw mechanism.

13. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein a base of the handle is wider than the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes.

14. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes is coupled to the device by sliding the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes on to the hollow inner longitudinal portion such that the cylindrical roll of the cleaning wipes rests on the hollow base and thereafter the handle is coupled to the hollow inner longitudinal portion.

Continuity (1)
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