Laminated pads and methods of manufacture employing mechanically folded handles

• US 6,493,898 B1
• Filed: 07/06/1999
• Issued: 12/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MJ Woods Incorporated
• Original Assignee: M. J. Woods, Inc.
• Inventors: Woods, James M., Woods, Marilyn S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Randall E.
• Application Number:
  US09/347,670
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 151/049.4, 152/091, 152/101, 152/291.3, 152/291.4, 152/441, 152/442, 152/444, 132/320, 132/293, 132/294, 604/289, 604/310, 604/358, 604/365, 604/367
• US Class Current: 15/209.1
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00 Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00; brushes A46B; shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491; absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06; implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 ; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1015 Folding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1084 of continuous or running length bonded web

Abstract

Multilayer disposable pads for use as wipes or applicators in various applications, including the cosmetic and personal care fields and the medical field. The pads include an absorbent base pad and a flexible handle attached either to an intermediate barrier layer or to the base pad. To form the handle, handle forming material is mechanically folded, employing a pleating/folding machine, prior to being adhered to the barrier layer or to the base pad. In one embodiment, the handle includes a graspable portion made of two facing segments which may be joined along a distal folded edge, and two handle attached portions respectively joined to the facing segments along fold lines.

Claims

1. A multilayer pad comprising:

a base pad having a working side, an opposite side, and an outer periphery;

an impervious barrier layer having one side attached to said opposite side of said base pad, said barrier layer having an outer periphery coextensive with said outer periphery of said base pad; and

a flexible handle including at least one handle graspable portion comprising two facing segments of handle forming material, and including handle attached portions respectively joined to said segments along fold lines and attached to the other side of said impervious barrier layer, said handle having an outer periphery coextensive with said outer peripheries of said base pad and said impervious barrier layer when said at least one handle graspable portion is lying generally parallel to said base pad and said impervious barrier layer;

said facing segments of handle forming material being nipped such that there is essentially no gap between said facing segments at the fold lines.

2. A multilayer pad comprising:

a base pad having a working side, an opposite side, and an outer periphery;

an impervious barrier layer having one side attached to said opposite side of said base pad, said barrier layer having an outer periphery coextensive with said outer periphery of said base pad; and

a flexible handle including at least one handle graspable portion comprising two facing segments of handle forming material, and including handle attached portions respectively joined to said segments along fold lines and attached to the other side of said impervious barrier layer, said handle having an outer periphery coextensive with said outer peripheries of said base pad and said impervious barrier layer when said at least one handle graspable portion is lying generally parallel to said base pad and said impervious barrier layer;

said facing segments of handle forming material being adhered to each other; and

said facing segments of handle forming material being nipped such that there is essentially no gap between said facing segments at the fold lines.