WIPE

• US 20100139021A1
• Filed: 02/19/2010
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Erickson, Daneeta L., Erickson, John L., Pollock, Michele H., Sudo, Yasuo, Bergsten, Ronald E., Haskett, Thomas E.
• Application Number:
  US12/708,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20100139021A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/209.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/16 Cloths; Pads; Sponges metal scraping sponges A47L13/07
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2305/20 in the form of a non-woven mat
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/12 next to a fibrous or filamentary layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/28 characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet , i.e. the layer having its entire thickness deformed out of the plane, e.g. corrugated, crumpled B32B29/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/0076 characterised in that the layers are not bonded on the totality of their surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/12 characterised by using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24041 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation, or bond
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24479 including variation in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24537 Parallel ribs and/or grooves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24802 Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2738 Coating or impregnation intended to function as an adhesive to solid surfaces subsequently associated therewith
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2754 Pressure-sensitive adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/60 Nonwoven fabric [i.e., nonwoven strand or fiber material]

Abstract

A wipe for cleaning a surface is disclosed that includes a working surface that is a single unitary web including a plurality of peaks each separated from one another by a plurality of valleys. The valleys connect in a rectilinear array. The wipe further comprises an adhesive at the working surface of each valley. The working surface of each peak is substantially free of adhesive.

Claims

1. A wipe for cleaning a surface comprising:

a working surface that is a single unitary web including a plurality of peaks each separated from one another by a plurality of valleys, wherein the valleys connect in a rectilinear array;

an adhesive at the working surface of each valley, wherein the working surface of each peak is substantially free of adhesive.

2. The wipe of claim 1, wherein the valleys continuously extends from a first edge of the working surface to a second edge of the working surface.

3. The wipe of claim 1, wherein each peak has sloping side surfaces.

4. The wipe of claim 1, wherein the peaks extend from a first side of the working surface and a open pocket is formed opposite the peaks at a second side of the working surface.

5. The wipe of claim 1, wherein the peaks in a first row are off-set from the peaks in a second, adjacent row.

6. The wipe of claim 5, wherein the peaks in a first row and adjacent second row are sized to create a continuous blocking area from a first edge of the working surface to a second edge of the working surface.

7. The wipe of claim 1, further comprising:

a backing member secured to a second side of the working surface, opposite a first surface of the working surface having the peaks.