US20030037394A1 - Bath mitt - Google Patents

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US20030037394A1
US20030037394A1 US10/204,682 US20468202A US2003037394A1 US 20030037394 A1 US20030037394 A1 US 20030037394A1 US 20468202 A US20468202 A US 20468202A US 2003037394 A1 US2003037394 A1 US 2003037394A1
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Gregor Kohlruss
Hubert Wiesner
Oliver Griebe
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
    • A47K7/02—Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves, or similar cleaning or rubbing implements

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  • the invention relates to a bath mitt in particular for use in personal hygiene that is formed by two layers of fabric that are connected with each other.
  • the bath mitt has an opening on one side for inserting a hand guiding the bath mitt, and an elastic fixation device associated with the opening for fixing the bath mitt on the hand.
  • a comparable bath mitt is proposed, for example by DE 93 13 081.
  • the known bath mitt has a variable constriction that adapts itself to the wrist of the user. The aim is to prevent the cleaning mitt in this way from sliding from the hand of the user as it is being used for washing.
  • the variable constriction is preferably realized in this connection by an elastic rubber band that is incorporated in the fabric in the area of the insertion opening of the cleaning mitt.
  • the present invention is based on the problem of providing a bath mitt which, while avoiding the drawbacks specified above, cannot slide from the hand while it is being used, and keeps it flat shape, so that an optimal washing effect can be achieved.
  • the bath mitt as defined by the invention thus completely dispenses with the constriction as it is known in the prior art.
  • the cross section of the insertion opening is not capable of contracting, with the result that the major part of the drawbacks connected therewith are avoided.
  • the bath mitt as defined by the invention cannot closely cling to the wrist, so that no disadvantageous sealing effect can developed in that area.
  • a stiffening of the insertion opening advantageously leads to the fact that the bath mitt as defined by the invention can keep its flat shape, from which results optimal use of the washing surface, on the one hand. On the other hand, this favors drying of the thoroughly wetted mitt and it is assured that the mitt can be stacked.
  • a loop made of elastic ribbon is usefully selected as the fixation device.
  • the circumference of this loop is adapted to the circumference of the wrist of the hand inserted in the bath mitt.
  • Such ribbons are commercially available in the form of rubber bands or rubber-and-fabric bands and can be used in a simple manner for the bath mitt as defined by the invention at low manufacturing costs.
  • the elasticity of the loop assures that the hand of the user can be inserted in the bath mitt without problems, whereupon the bath mitt is safely fixed on the hand and cannot slide off even in the presence of violent washing movements.
  • the loop can be opened and closed by means of suitable closing elements. It may be necessary due to wear to replace the loop made of elastic ribbon after the bath mitt has been used a number of times. However, in particular, it should be possible to completely remove the loop for the purpose of thoroughly cleaning the dirty bath mitt.
  • the passages are usefully arranged spaced from the lateral edges of the bath mitt adjoining the insertion opening. On the one hand, this is necessary so that the bath mitt can be fixed on the inserted hand because the total width of the mitt approximately corresponds with the width of the human hand with spread fingers. The wrist, however, which is engaged by the elastic ribbon for the fixation, is substantially narrower. On the other hand, what is achieved by arranging the passages is that areas in the insertion opening located laterally of the wrist are kept open, so that an exchange can take place through these areas between the interior of the bath mitt and the environment. By making it possible for air to access the interior, the thoroughly wetted mitt is prevented from tightly clinging to the inserted hand. The aforementioned drawbacks connected therewith are effectively eliminated in this way. Furthermore, the lateral openings can be additionally used for flushing the bath mitt as defined by the invention with cleaning liquid from the interior while it is fixed on the hand of the user.
  • the two layers of fabric of the bath mitt as defined by the invention consist of different materials. Each material may have a different cleaning effect, whereby it is then possible in a simple manner to achieve the one or other desired cleaning effect by turning the mitt.
  • One layer of fabric can be provided with pile threads with a particularly high titer, so that a highly scouring cleaning effect is obtained for coarse dirt.
  • the other layer of fabric can then be provided with pile threads with a low titer, so that a strong suction effect is obtained for sucking up cleaning liquid.
  • the elastic fixation device is comprised of at least two elastic ribbons that are sewn to the inner surfaces of the bath mitt with a spacing from the lateral edges, so that the two layers of fabric are connected with each other by the elastic ribbons in the area of the insertion opening.
  • This embodiment of the bath mitt can be produced in a particularly simple manner and, versus the variation described above, offers the advantage that the fixation device is connected with the bath mitt in a fixed way and, other than a loose elastic loop, thus cannot be inadvertently lost.
  • FIG. 1 is a view of the insertion opening of a first exemplified embodiment of the bath mitt
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the bath mitt
  • FIG. 3 shows the insertion opening of a second embodiment of the bath mitt as defined by the invention.
  • an upper cleaning fabric layer 1 and a lower fabric layer 2 are joined with each other along the edges.
  • An insertion opening 3 in which a hand guiding the bath mitt can be inserted, is obtained on one side of the bath mitt.
  • the insertion opening 3 has a stiffened edge 4 , by which the bath mitt is kept in its flat shape.
  • a fixation device in the form of an elastic loop 5 is arranged within the edge 4 .
  • the elastic ribbon is guided through the slots 6 located in the stiffened edge 4 , so that it partly extends in the inner area and partly in the outer area of the bath mitt.
  • the elastic ribbon can be deformed in this way in its function as a fixation device independently of the fabric layers 1 and 2 of the bath mitt.
  • the edge 4 of the insertion opening always keeps its shape regardless of whether the bath mitt is present on the hand of a user or not.
  • the slots 6 are spaced from the lateral edge of the mitt in such a way that the intermediate space between the sections of the elastic loop extending in the inner area approximately corresponds with the width of a wrist.
  • the shown arrangement of the elastic loop 5 contributes to achieving an optimal washing effect in that the stiffened edge 4 is pulled together while the flat shape of the bath mitt is maintained.
  • the elastic ribbon 5 is provided with a closing and adjusting element 7 , so that the loop can be adapted or removed as required.
  • FIG. 3 shows a second exemplified embodiment, in which the elastic fixation device 5 is comprised of two elastic ribbons that are sewn to the fabric layers 1 and 2 in a fixed way, instead of the elastic loop that is only loosely connected with the bath mitt.
  • the elastic ribbons satisfy their function as a fixation device in the present case as well, whereby they are elastically deformable independently of the fabric layers 1 and 2 .
  • the elastic ribbons are sewn to the inner surfaces of the fabric layers 1 and 2 with a spacing from the lateral edge of the mitt, whereby the intermediate space between the ribbons extending in the inner area of the insertion opening 3 approximately corresponds with the width of a wrist.

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DE10010138A DE10010138A1 (de) 2000-03-03 2000-03-03 Waschhandschuh

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US20070048359A1 (en) * 2005-08-23 2007-03-01 John Bolton Exfoliating scrubber
USD668821S1 (en) * 2010-11-15 2012-10-09 Margaret M Donnelly Mitt for massaging horses

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US9307873B1 (en) 2014-09-23 2016-04-12 Erica Glover Hand-washing mitt
CN104274132A (zh) * 2014-09-26 2015-01-14 吴江市欧诚包装材料制品有限公司 腕部固位便用清洗手套
JP6435435B1 (ja) * 2018-06-18 2018-12-05 ショーワグローブ株式会社 作業用手袋

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US2210754A (en) * 1939-03-21 1940-08-06 Prince Matchabelli Inc Bath mitt
US3885249A (en) * 1973-09-03 1975-05-27 Damme & Zonen Ferd V Working glove
US4254765A (en) * 1979-08-17 1981-03-10 Brown Ronald E Limb protective coverings

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DE416032C (de) * 1924-08-23 1925-07-04 Hans Papproth Waschhandschuh aus Schwammgummi
FR630188A (fr) * 1927-03-04 1927-11-24 Soc Du Caoutchouc Manufacture Gant de toilette

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US2210754A (en) * 1939-03-21 1940-08-06 Prince Matchabelli Inc Bath mitt
US3885249A (en) * 1973-09-03 1975-05-27 Damme & Zonen Ferd V Working glove
US4254765A (en) * 1979-08-17 1981-03-10 Brown Ronald E Limb protective coverings

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070048359A1 (en) * 2005-08-23 2007-03-01 John Bolton Exfoliating scrubber
USD668821S1 (en) * 2010-11-15 2012-10-09 Margaret M Donnelly Mitt for massaging horses

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DK1259147T3 (da) 2008-09-29
ATE395856T1 (de) 2008-06-15
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WO2001064091A1 (de) 2001-09-07

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