US20180177376A1

US20180177376A1 - Device and Method for Cleaning Flat and Semi-Flat Surfaces

Info

Publication number: US20180177376A1
Application number: US15/802,278
Authority: US
Inventors: Nob Iwas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2016-12-27
Filing date: 2017-11-02
Publication date: 2018-06-28
Also published as: JP2018149267A

Abstract

In cleaning flat and semi-flat surfaces, such as TV screen, computer screen, and window etc. the user employs cleaning cloth and commonly do wiping with small bits of cloth by hand. It is nor efficient and not effective. Present invention provides structural support to the cleaning cloth and makes the process much more efficient and effective. It save time and labor.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of provisional application filed on 2016 Dec. 27 with its application No. 62/439,276.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Present invention related to the cleaning tool, specifically the device and method for cleaning flat surfaces and semi-flat surfaces.
In cleaning the flat and semi-flat surfaces such as computer screen, TV screen, touch screen, scanner, copier, showcase, mirror, window, etc., the person commonly uses cleaning cloth. Microfiber cloth is used for high quality cleaning. However, the user commonly does wiping with small bits of cloth by hand. When the cleaning surface area becomes large or consists of many surfaces, hand wiping takes time and labor and is not efficient. There are wand type tools available in the market. However cleaning head made by a piece of microfiber cloth is attached to the wand. It is not easy to wash by machine and reuse although it may possible.
Present invention provides the structural support to cleaning head (cloth) and makes wiping process more efficient and effective. It saves time and labor.
In the present invention, especially the devices, having separate cleaning head, provides easy re-usability by washing only separated cleaning head (cloth). It also provide easy usability by hand and covers much wider surface by one stroke. Its cleaning quality is very good, due to the structural support for the Cleaning cloth. Therefore, it provides high quality cleaning, effectively and efficiently.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Present invention provides the structural support to the cleaning head (cloth or material) and does cleaning efficiently and effectively and with good cleaning quality.
Since the flat surface of the base provides more uniform force on the surface of the object than hand wiping, the cleaning performance is more effective and with high quality than hand wiping. The base size of the tool, which is flexible, be able to cover wider area than the areas of small bit of cloth by hand wiping. In cleaning the surface, when the user employs present invention, the job becomes easier and faster than the job done by hand wiping. Those advantages help the user to save time and labor in the job.
In the tool model which has separate cleaning head (cloth or material) the device has following additional advantages. Since the tool and cleaning head are separated, the cleaning head (cloth or material) can be washed separately and reused easily. Since the used dirty area of the cloth is easily visible and isolated in the area where the device was used with, it is easy to find and use other area for second cleaning or next cleaning job.
In the present invention, especially the one, having the base, being made of wood, provides excellent performance to hold cleaning head (such as microfiber cloth) against slipping the cloth during the cleaning operation. The friction between the microfiber cloth and wood surface provides solid footage to hold microfiber cloth against slipping of the cloth. It is due to the combination of roughness of wood surface and microfiber cloth. Its cleaning performance is excellent. If the base is made of non-wood material, for example, such as plastic, the base, having texturing or having rubber coating (or other frictional material coating) may be employed in order to provide better friction between microfiber cloth and base surface.
The handle position on the base is flexible, depending on the design for specific purpose. The handle position which is sifted to one side of the base provides better performance against flipping due to the moment. Also the handle position which is located in the center of the base, between the front and the rear provides suitability both for left hander and right hander usage.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1-A: Device, having the long base A (main, edged front, non-edged rear), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 1-B: Device, having the long base B (main, edged front, edged rear), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 2-A: Device, having the long base C (main, non-edged front, non-edged rear), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 2-B: Device, having the long base D (main, non-edged front, edged rear), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 3: Method of using the device with cleaning cloth for the devices in FIG. 1 through FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 through FIG. 7.

FIG. 4-A: Device, having the long base A (main, edged front, non-edged rear), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 4-B: Device, having the long base B (main, edged front, edged rear), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB.

FIG. 5-A: Device, having the long base C (main, non-edged front, non-edged rear), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 5-B: Device, having the long base D (main, non-edged front, edged rear), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB.

FIG. 6: Device, having the short base E (main, edged front), upright handle AAA and separated cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 7-A: Device, having the short base F (main), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 7-B: Device, having the short base G (main, edged rear), upright handle AAA and separate cleaning head AA.

FIG. 8: Device, having the short base E (main, edged front), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB.

FIG. 9-A: Device, having the short base F (main), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 9-B: Device, having the short base G (main, edged rear), upright handle AAA and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 10-A: Device, having the long base A (main, edged front, non-edged rear), separate cleaning head AA.

FIG. 10-B: Device, having the long base B (main, edged front, edged rear), and separate cleaning head AA.

FIG. 11-A: Device, having the long base C (main, non-edged front, non-edged rear), and separate cleaning head AA.

FIG. 11-B: Device, having the long base D (main, non-edged front, edged rear) and separate cleaning head AA.

FIG. 12: Method of using the device with cleaning cloth for the devices in FIG. 10 through FIG. 11 and FIG. 13 through FIG. 14.

FIG. 13: Device, having the short base E (main, edged front), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 14-A: Device, having the short base F (main), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 14-B: Device, having the short base G (main, edged rear), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 15-A: Device, having the thick base I (main, edged front, non-edged rear), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 15-B: Device, having the thick base J (main, edged front, edged rear), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 16: Method of using the device with cleaning cloth for the devices in FIG. 15, FIG. 17, FIG. 20 and FIG. 21.

FIG. 17-A: Device, having the thick base K (main, non-edged front, non-edged rear), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 17-B: Device, having the thick base L (main, non-edged front, edged rear), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 18-A: Device, having the thick base I (main, edged front, non-edged rear), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 18-B: Device, having the thick base J (main, edged front, edged rear), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 19-A: Device, having the thick base K (main, non-edged front, non-edged rear), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 19-B: Device, having the thick base L (main, non-edged front, edged rear), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 20: Device, having the thick base M (main, edged front), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 21-A: Device, having the thick base N (main), and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 21-B: Device, having the thick base O (main, edged rear) and separate cleaning cloth AA.

FIG. 22: device, having thick base M (main, edged front), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 23-A: Device, having the thick base N (main), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 23-B: Device, having the thick base O (main, edged rear), and attached cleaning cloth BB.

FIG. 24: Non-angled open end handle BBB.

FIG. 25: Non-angled closed end handle CCC.

FIG. 26: Angled handle DDD.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the tool design that have the base, the handle and the separate cleaning head are shown. In those designs, the user holds the handle together with the cleaning cloth.
In FIG. 1-A, 1 is the long base A of the device. 2 is the handle AAA of the device. 3 is the separate cleaning head AA of the device. 4 is the main part of the base. 5 is the edged front part of the base. 6 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 1-B, the device, having the long base B, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 7 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 1-A.
In FIG. 2-A, device, having the long base C, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA is shown. 11 is the base of the device. 12 is the handle of the device. 16 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 13 is the main part of the base. 15 is the non-edged front part of the base. 14 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 2-B, the device, having the long base D, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning cloth AA is shown. 17 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 2-A.
In FIG. 3, the method of using the tools that are described in FIG. 1 through FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 through FIG. 7 are shown. 22 is the separate cleaning head AA. 21 is the base and the handle of the device inside of the separate cleaning cloth AA. When the user wipes the surface of the object, user holds handle of the device together with the cleaning cloth AA. In addition, in order to help holding cloth, a band may be used around the handle.
In FIG. 4-A, the device, having the long base A, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 31 is the base of the device. 32 is the handle of the device. 36 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 35 is the main part of the base. 34 is the edged front part of the base. 33 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 4-B, the device, having the long base B, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 37 is the edged rear part of the base. 38 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 4-A.
In FIG. 5-A, the device, having the long base C, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 41 is the base of the device. 42 is the handle of the device. 46 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 45 is the main part of the base. 44 is the non-edged front part of the base. 43 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 5-B, the device, having the long base D, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 47 is the edged rear part of the base. 48 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 5-A.
In FIG. 6, the device, having the short base E, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 50 is the base of the device. 53 is the handle of the device. 54 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 52 is the main part of the base. 51 is the edged front part of the base.
In FIG. 7-A, the device, having the short base F, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 60 is the base of the device. 62 is the handle of the device. 63 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 61 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 7-B, the device, having the short base G, upright handle AAA and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 64 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 7-A.
In FIG. 8, the device, having the short base E, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 70 is the base of the device. 73 is the handle of the device. 74 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 72 is the main part of the base. 71 is the edged front part of the base.
In FIG. 9-A, the device, having the short base F, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 80 is the base of the device. 82 is the handle of the device. 83 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 81 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 9-B, the device, having the short base G, upright handle AAA and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 84 is the edged rear part of the base. 85 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 9-A.
In FIG. 10-A, the device, having the long base A and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 91 is the base of the device. 95 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 92 is the main part of the base. 94 is the edged front part of the base. 93 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 10-B, the device, having the long base B and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 96 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 10-A.
In FIG. 11-A, the device, having the long base C, and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 101 is the base of the device. 105 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 102 is the main part of the base. 104 is the non-edged front part of the base. 103 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 11-B, the device, having the long base D, and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 106 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 11-A.
In FIG. 12, the method of using the tools that are described in FIG. 10 through FIG. 11 and FIG. 13 through FIG. 14 are shown. 114 is the separate cleaning head AA. 113 is the base of the device inside of the separate cleaning head AA.
When the user wipes the surface of the object, the user wraps the base part of the device and holds it inside to provide the structural support for cleaning operation.
In FIG. 13, the device, having the short base E and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 120 is the base of the device. 123 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 122 is the main part of the base. 121 is the edged front part of the base.
In FIG. 14-A, the device, having the short base F and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 130 is the base of the device. 132 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 131 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 14-B, the device, having the short base G, and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 133 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 14-A.
In FIG. 15-A, the device, having the long thick base I, and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 141 is the base of the device. 145 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 143 is the main part of the base. 144 is the edged front part of the base. 142 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 15-B, the device, having the long thick base J and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 146 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 15-A.
In FIG. 16, the method of using the tools that are described in FIG. 15, FIG. 17, FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 are shown. 152 is the separate cleaning head AA. 151 is the base of the device inside of the separate cleaning head. When the user wipes the surface of the object, the user holds the side of the base together with the cleaning head.
In FIG. 17-A, the device, having the long thick base K and separate cleaning head AA. 161 is the base of the device. 166 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 163 is the main part of the base. 164 is the non-edged front part of the base. 162 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 17-B, the device, having the long thick base L and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 165 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 17-A.
In FIG. 18-A, the device, having the long thick base I and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 171 is the base of the device. 175 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 174 is the main part of the base. 173 is the edged front part of the base. 172 is the non-edged rear part of the base.
In FIG. 18-B, the device, having the long thick base J and attached cleaning hear BB is shown. 176 is the edged rear part of the base. 177 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 18-A.
In FIG. 19-A, the device, having the long thick base K and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 181 is the base of the device. 185 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 183 is the non-edged front part of the base. 182 is the non-edged rear part of the base. 184 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 19-B, the device, having the long thick base L and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 186 is the edged rear part of the base. 187 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 19-A.
In FIG. 20, the device, having the short thick base M and separate cleaning head AA is shown. 190 is the base of the device. 192 is the separate cleaning head of the device. 191 is the main part of the base. 193 is the edged front part of the base.
In FIG. 21-A, the device, having the short thick base N and separated cleaning head AA is shown. 194 is the base of the device. 195 is the separated cleaning head of the device. 196 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 21-B, the device, having the short thick base O and separated cleaning head AA is shown. 197 is the edged rear part of the base. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 21-A.
In FIG. 22, the device, having the short thick base M and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 198 is the base of the device. 199 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 200 is the main part of the base. 201 is the edged front part of the base.
In FIG. 23-A, the device, having the short thick base N and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 202 is the base of the device. 203 is the attached cleaning head of the device. 204 is the main part of the base.
In FIG. 23-B, the device, having the short thick base O and attached cleaning head BB is shown. 205 is the edged rear part of the base. 206 is the attached cleaning head of the device. The tool design of the rest of the parts of the device are same as the tool design in FIG. 23-A.
In FIG. 24, the handle BBB of the device which is non-angled and open-end is shown. 231 is the base of the device. 232 is the non-angled open-end handle.
In FIG. 25, the handle CCC of the device which is non-angled and closed-end is shown. 235 is the base of the device. 236 is the non-angled and closed-end handle.
In FIG. 26, the handle DDD of the device which is angled is shown. 241 is the base of the device. 242 is the angled handle.

Claims

1. A Device: the said device, comprising the base, the handle and the cleaning head, wherein the said base, being made of plastic, wood, metal or other solid state material; and wherein the said handle, being made of plastic, wood, metal or other solid state material; and wherein the said cleaning head, being made of cleaning cloth; and wherein the said base, being selected from one of the base group, consisting of long base A (, comprising main part, edged front part, and non-edged rear part) and long base B (, comprising main part, edged front part, edged rear part) and long base C (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and non-edged rear part) and long base D (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and edged rear part) and short base E (,comprising main part, and edged front part) and short base F (, comprising main part) and short base G (,comprising main part and edged rear part); and wherein the main part in long base A, long base B, long base C, long base D, short base E, short base F and short base G, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head mainly for cleaning major portion of the surface of the object and wherein the said edged front part in long base A, long base B, short base E, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said non-edged rear part in long base A, long base C, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said edged rear part in long base B and long base D and short bas G, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said non-edged front part in long base C and long base D, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object; and wherein the said handle, being selected from one of the handle group, consisting of upright handle AAA, non-angled open-end handle BBB, non-angled closed end handle CCC and angled handle DDD, and wherein the said handle, being built on the said base and providing the user with capability to hold the handle itself together with separated cleaning head or to hold the handle itself on the base, having attached cleaning head, during the cleaning operation; and wherein the said cleaning head, being selected from one of the cleaning head group, consisting of separated cleaning head AA (, being separated from the base and the handle) and the attached cleaning head BB (, being attached to the base).

2. A Device: the said device, comprising the base and the cleaning head, wherein the said base, being made of plastic, wood, metal and other solid state material; and wherein the said cleaning head, being made of cleaning cloth; and wherein the said base, being selected from one of the base group, consisting of long base A (, comprising main part, edged front part and non-edged rear part), and long base B (, comprising main part, edged front part and edged rear part), and long base C (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and non-edged rear part) and long base D (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and edged rear part) and short base E(, comprising main part and edged front part) and short base F (, comprising main part) and short base G (, comprising main part and edged rear part); wherein the main part in long base A, long base B, long base C, long base D, short base E, short base F and short base G, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head mainly for cleaning major portion of the surface of the object and wherein the said edged front part in long base A, long base B, short base E, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said non-edged rear part in long base A and long base C, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said edged rear part in long base B, long base D and short base G, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said non-edged front part in long base C and long base D, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object; and wherein the said cleaning head, being a separated cleaning head AA (, being separated from the base).

3. A Device: the said device, comprising the base and cleaning head, wherein the said base, being made of plastic, wood, metal or other solid state material; and wherein the said cleaning head, being made of cleaning cloth; and wherein the said base, being made to be thick enough to provide the user with capability of holding the side of the said base; and wherein the said base, being selected from one of the thick base group, consisting of long thick base I (, comprising main part, edged front part and non-edged rear part), and long thick base J(, comprising main part, edged front part and edged rear part), and long thick base K (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and non-edged rear part) and long thick base L (, comprising main part, non-edged front part and edged rear part) and short thick base M (, comprising main part and edged front part) and short thick base N (, comprising main part) and short thick base O (, comprising main part and edged rear part), and wherein the main part in long thick base I, long thick base J, long thick base K, long thick base L, short thick base M, short thick base N and short thick base O, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head mainly for cleaning major portion of the surface of the object and wherein the said edged front part in long thick base I, long thick base J, short thick base M, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said non-edged rear part in long thick base I and long thick base K, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object, and wherein the said edged rear part in long thick base J and long thick base L and short thick base O, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the corner and the edge of the surface of the object and wherein the said non-edged front part in long thick base A and long thick base L, providing the structural support to the said cleaning head for cleaning the major portion of the surface of the object as well as being capable of cleaning the edge of the surface of the object; and wherein the said cleaning head, being selected from one of the cleaning head group, consisting of separated cleaning head AA (, being separated from the base) and the attached cleaning head BB (, being attached to the base).