IP Library Granted Patent US 10,772,472
Granted Patent B2
US 10,772,472 · App. 15/872,618 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Loofah

Inventor: Martin Weinberg (New Canaan, CT)
Assignee: XAMAX INDUSTRIES, INC.
A47K7/03
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Patent No.
US 10,772,472
App. No.
15/872,618
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A loofah includes an inner core and an outer portion. The inner core includes a natural material. The outer portion includes a natural material. A water absorbency of the inner core is less than a water absorbency of the outer portion.

Claims (26)

1. A loofah, comprising:

an inner core including cotton that is hydrophobic due to the cotton maintaining a selective amount of its natural oils; and

an outer portion including scoured cotton, a water absorbency of the inner core being less than a water absorbency of the outer portion.

2. The loofah of claim 1 , wherein the inner core includes hydro entangled or needled cotton.

3. The loofah of claim 1 , wherein the inner core includes cotton with at least half of its natural oils.

4. The loofah of claim 1 , wherein the inner core includes unbleached cotton.

5. The loofah of claim 4 , wherein the outer portion includes bleached cotton.

6. The loofah of claim 1 , wherein the outer portion includes hydro entangled or needled cotton.

7. The loofah of claim 1 , wherein the outer portion includes bleached cotton.

8. A loofah, comprising:

a first layer, a majority of a material of the first outer layer being scoured cotton;

a second layer, a majority of a material of the second outer layer being scoured cotton; and

an inner layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, a majority of a material of the inner layer being cotton that is hydrophobic due to the cotton maintaining a selective amount of its natural oils, wherein

a water absorbency of the material of the inner layer is less than a water absorbency of the material of the first outer layer, and

the water absorbency of the material of the inner layer is less than a water absorbency of the material of the second outer layer.

9. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the inner layer includes cotton that has at least half of its natural oils.

10. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the first layer is hydrophilic.

11. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the inner layer includes unbleached cotton.

12. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the first layer includes bleached cotton.

13. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the second layer includes bleached cotton.

14. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the inner layer includes a stiffening agent.

15. The loofah of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of beads adhered to the first layer.

16. The loofah of claim 15 , wherein the beads include a puffing agent.

17. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the first layer is entangled with the material of the second layer.

18. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the loofah does not include an adhesive.

19. The loofah of claim 8 , wherein the material of the inner layer is exposed at an outer surface of the loofah.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: XAMAX INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MJWMAX HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 054416/0451 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: WEINBERG, MARTIN
To: XAMAX INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 045489/0665 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15369634 · Dec 5, 2016
Provisional Application 62262797 · Dec 3, 2015
Related Publication 20180153356A1 · Jun 7, 2018