Elastic dust mop head cover
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1. A shaped elastic cover adapted to be stretchably fitted over a dusting implement in closely conforming relationship comprising:
- a length of elastic nonwoven maerial having a peripheral marginal edge and being elastic in at least one direction, said length of material having adjacent portions of said peripheral edge aligned in juxtaposition and joined together, the joined sections being on opposing sections of said length of elastic nonwoven material forming a pouch, and unjoined portions of said peripheral marginal edge forming a slit adapted to receive the implement therethrough into the pouch, said cover being adapted to be secured onto the dusting implement solely by elastic forces exerted by the material against the dusting implement.
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Abstract
An abrasion-resistant elastic cloth which exhibits excellent dust pickup and dust retention is disclosed. A dust mop head cover may be formed from the cloth fabric. The dust mop head cover may be secured to the mop head without fasteners.
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1. A shaped elastic cover adapted to be stretchably fitted over a dusting implement in closely conforming relationship comprising:
- a length of elastic nonwoven maerial having a peripheral marginal edge and being elastic in at least one direction, said length of material having adjacent portions of said peripheral edge aligned in juxtaposition and joined together, the joined sections being on opposing sections of said length of elastic nonwoven material forming a pouch, and unjoined portions of said peripheral marginal edge forming a slit adapted to receive the implement therethrough into the pouch, said cover being adapted to be secured onto the dusting implement solely by elastic forces exerted by the material against the dusting implement.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28)
- 20. A disposable elastic cover for receiving an implement therein comprising a web of elastic nonwoven fibers having lateral marginal edges and transverse edges, said web being extensible in at least one direction and being folded at least once along a line extending in such direction to form at least two layers, the marginal edges in said one direction being aligned to form a slit and corresponding opposed portions of the other margins being joined together to form a cover closed along the fold and the joined together margins and open along the slit for receiving the implement therein said cover being stretchable in said one direction for facilitating the reception of the dusting implement therein and said cloth recovering when released for allowing the cover to conform closely to the implement.
- 23. A disposable elastomeric cover for receiving a mop frame therein comprising a web of nonwoven heat sealable thermoplastic elastic material having first and second opposed marginal edges, said web being folded so that the first marginal edges lie in opposition centrally of the web and form a slit therein, each second marginal edge being heat bonded to itself so as to form closed marginal edges of the cover for receiving the dust mop frame therein through the slit, said cover having overall dimensions smaller than corresponding overall dimensions of the mop frame so that it is necessary to stretch the cover to snugly fit the dust mop frame.
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26. An elastic cover formed from a nonwoven cloth having elasticity in at least one direction, said cloth including two gatherable nonwoven surface webs and one elastic nonwoven web between the surface webs, said cloth having respective opposed machine direction and cross-machine direction lateral edges;
- wherein said cloth is folded along a line extending in a machine direction so that the opposed machine direction lateral edges are in substantial abutting relationship and define a slit therebetween and the cross-machine direction lateral edges are overplaced in juxtaposed relationship; and
wherein the juxtaposed cross-machine direction lateral edges are joined together, whereby said slit is adapted to elastically receive an implement having at least one dimension greater than a corresponding dimension of said cover so that the cover closely conforms to and is elastically secured to said implement.
- wherein said cloth is folded along a line extending in a machine direction so that the opposed machine direction lateral edges are in substantial abutting relationship and define a slit therebetween and the cross-machine direction lateral edges are overplaced in juxtaposed relationship; and
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27. An elastic cover adapted to be stretchably fitted over a dusting implement in closely conforming relationship comprising:
- a length of cloth defined by peripheral marginal edges having elasticity in at least one direction and being folded on itself along a line extending in the direction of elasticity, portions of said peripheral marginal edges near the fold being joined in juxtaposed relationship, and portions of the peripheral margins intermediate the joined portions being in spaced relationship and forming an open slit, a pocket defined by the folded cloth and joined portions of the peripheral marginal edges for receiving the implement therein, and when the implement is relatively larger than the cover, the cover is adapted to be stretch fitted over the implement and secured thereto in closely conforming relationship by forces resulting from stretching the cover over the implement.
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29. An elastic dust mop head cover comprising:
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a web of thermoplastic nonwoven materials which is elastic in at least one direction and which is configured to form a pouch and to define an opening into the interior of said pouch; wherein said opening is adapted to allow insertion of a mophead into said interior of said pouch; and wherein said cover is adapted to be secured in closely conforming relationship to said head solely by elastic forces exerted by the cover against the head. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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