Cleaning Device and Method of Use Thereof

Abstract

A cleaning device comprising a glove having a first side and a second side directly opposite said first side, a front end defining a fingers section and a rear end defining a glove opening and a palm section between said fingers section and the rear end and an outer perimeter of the glove; a length of insulating material securely coupled to said first side of the glove; a cleaning layer extending the length of the insulating material and said first side of the glove portion and coupled to the length of insulating material; and a pull element operatively coupled to said rear portion of the glove and a securing element coupling said pull element to said rear portion of the glove; wherein said glove is used to clean an external surface and turned around from the glove opening and used as a disposable container.

Claims

1. A cleaning device comprising: a) a glove having a first side and a second side directly opposite said first side, a front end defining a fingers section and a rear portion defining a glove opening and a palm section between said fingers section and the rear portion and an outer perimeter of the glove; b) a length of insulating material defining an insulating layer securely coupled to said first side of the glove; c) a cleaning layer extending the length of the insulating material and said first side of the glove and coupled to the length of insulating material; and d) a pull element operatively coupled to said rear portion of the glove and a securing element coupling said pull element to said rear portion of the glove; wherein said glove is used to clean an external surface and turned around from the glove opening and used as a disposable container.

2. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the cleaning layer is a pre-moistened cleaning wipe coupled to the insulating layer and the glove and extending outwardly from the outer perimeter of the glove.

3. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the cleaning layer is one of a pre-moistened cleaning wipe, a textured cloth adapted to receive a solution, a reusable cleaning wipe saturated with a cleaning solution, and a disposable cleaning wipe saturated with a cleaning solution.

4. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the insulating material and the cleaning layer extend an entire surface area of the first side of the glove.

5. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the insulating material is sandwiched between the cleaning layer and the first side of the glove wherein when a user places a hand in said glove and uses said cleaning device for cleaning, said user's hand remains dry and uncontaminated.

6. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the glove, the insulating material and the cleaning layer are bonded at least along the outer perimeter of the glove with at least one of an adhesive and mechanical stitching.

7. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the glove, the insulating material and the cleaning layer are bonded together along an entire surface area of the first side of the glove.

8. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the glove, the insulating material and the cleaning layer are secured together with at least one of a stitch, a staple, an adhesive, a reusable adhesive, a glue, a heat bond and a cold bond.

9. The cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the pull element is at least one of a pull string, a drawstring, a string, an elastic band, a bracelet, an adhesive drawstring, a bracelet and a garter.

10. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the pull element further comprises an adhesive element such that when a user cleans using the cleaning device and removes said cleaning device by turning over said device, the adhesive element seals an outer contaminant inside said device.

11. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the securing element coupling said pull element to said rear portion of the glove is a structural portion of the rear portion of the glove folded and on itself and coupled to itself thereby defining a channel for the pull element and wherein the glove folded portion further comprises an opening allowing the pull element to be pulled outwardly and adapted to be tied.

12. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the cleaning layer is a pre-moistened cleaning wipe further comprising perforations adapted to facilitate adhesion to the insulation layer and the glove.

13. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the glove is formed from a single sheet of flexible plastic being at least one of a hypoallergenic plastic, a recyclable plastic, a recycled plastic, and a biodegradable plastic.

14. The cleaning device of claim 1 wherein the glove, the insulating material and the cleaning layer are coupled along the outer perimeter of the glove.

15. A kit comprising: a) a resealable packaging; and b) at least one cleaning device disposed within said packaging, each of the at least one cleaning device comprising: i) a glove having a first side and a second side directly opposite said first side, a front end defining a fingers section and a rear end defining a glove opening and a palm section between said fingers section and the rear end and an outer perimeter of the glove; ii) a length of insulating material securely coupled to said first side of the glove; iii) a pre-moistened cleaning layer extending the length of the insulating material and said first side of a glove portion and coupled to the length of insulating material; and iv) a pull element operatively coupled to said rear portion of the glove and a securing element coupling said pull element to said rear portion of the glove; wherein said glove is used to clean an external surface and turned around from the glove opening and used as a disposable container.

16. The kit of claim 15 wherein the at least one cleaning device includes a plurality of cleaning.

17. The kit of claim 15 wherein each individual cleaning device is folded around a portion of another cleaning device such that when a user pulls the at least one of the cleaning device, a second cleaning device is at a top surface of the packaging for ease of use.

18. A method of using a cleaning device comprising the steps of: a) providing a cleaning device with a glove compartment, an insulating material and a pre-moistened wipe and a pull element; b) inserting a hand inside the glove compartment; c) cleaning an external surface with said cleaning device; d) removing said cleaning device by pulling on the pull element; and e) tying said pull element to enclose a used cleaning device.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising prior to inserting a hand inside the glove compartment, removing the cleaning device from a resealable packaging.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising sealing the used cleaning device with a sealable and adhesive pull element.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] It should be noted that the drawing figures may be in simplified form and might not be to precise scale.

[0022] FIG. 1 is a bottom view of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 2 is a bottom view of another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 3 is a bottom view of yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 4 is a top view of an alternative another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view of an alternative another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG. 6 is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the embodiments of FIG. 6.

[0029] FIG. 8 is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the embodiments of FIG. 8.

[0031] FIG. 10 is an exploded view of an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present disclosure after use.

[0033] FIG. 12 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a packaging containing cleaning devices of the present disclosure.

[0034] The same elements or parts throughout the figures of the drawings are designated by the same reference characters, while equivalent elements bear a prime designation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0035] The embodiment and various embodiments can now be better understood by turning to the following detailed description of the embodiments, which are presented as illustrated examples of the embodiment defined in the claims. It is expressly understood that the embodiment as defined by the claims may be broader than the illustrated embodiments described below. Many alterations and modifications may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments.

[0036] Referring now to the drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, FIG. 1 shows a bottom view of one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 1 shows a cleaning device 100 incorporating a glove 110 having a first side 111 and a second side 112 directly opposite the first side such that when worn, the first side would be the closest side to the palm of a user. The glove also includes a front end defining a fingers section 113 and a rear end defining a glove opening 114. In one embodiment, the fingers section 113 has a delimitation 117 between each finger, and fits snugly on a user's hand. In other embodiment, the finger section is separated into two section, one section for four fingers and a section for the prehensile thumb opposed to the four fingers sections. In yet another embodiment, the glove only has one main compartment where the user can insert their hands but does not have individualized or separate compartments for the different fingers.

[0037] In one embodiment, the cleaning device and glove has a length of absorbing material securely coupled to the first side of the glove and to a pre-moistened wipe extending the length of the absorbing material and the first side of the glove portion and coupled to both the glove portion and the length of absorbing material. The absorbing material is used to ensure than when cleaning and when the cleaning glove is worn, a user's hand stays dry and does not get contaminated with either the chemical used in the pre-moistened wipe or the dirt and spill collected by the cleaning device and cleaning glove. While in one embodiment, the absorbing material extends throughout the surface of the glove, in other embodiments, the absorbing length only covers a portion of the glove that includes the pre-moistened wipe.

[0038] In one embodiment, the cleaning device and cleaning glove has a pull element 140 along the rear portion of the glove or opening of the glove 114. The pull element can be a pull string, a drawstring, a string, an elastic band, a bracelet, an adhesive drawstring, a bracelet and/or a garter.

[0039] In embodiments including the pull element, the glove can be used to clean an external surface and turned around from the glove opening and used as a disposable container. In addition, the pull element can serve as a tie to tie up the glove or disposable container such that the collected dirt and cleanup remains inside the glove which now serves as a trash receptacle. In this embodiment, the glove can be used for pet cleanups to sanitize a surface, pick up pet waste, then sanitarily flipped over thanks to the pull element, and using the pull element, tied together to serve as a waste container.

[0040] In some embodiments, the pull element also includes an adhesive element such that when a user cleans using the cleaning device and removes said cleaning device by turning over said device, the adhesive element seals cleaning inside said device.

[0041] In one embodiment, the absorbing material and the pre-moistened wipe extend an entire surface area of the first side of the glove. In other embodiments, the absorbing material only extends to the portion of the glove that has the pre-moistened wipe element and the wipe element does not extend the entire surface of the glove. In some embodiments, the wipe has a thickness to it and only the portion facing out is pre-moistened, thereby not needing the absorbing element.

[0042] In some embodiments, a portion of the cleaning device includes scrubbing elements on the outer face of the glove or device to assist with clean-ups.

[0043] In yet another embodiment, the absorbing material is sandwiched between the pre-moistened wipe and the first side of the glove wherein when a user places a hand in said glove and uses the cleaning device for cleaning, the user's hand remains dry and uncontaminated.

[0044] In some embodiments, the glove, the absorbing material and the pre-moistened wipe are bonded at least along a peripheral edge of the glove. In other embodiments, the glove, the absorbing material and the pre-moistened wipe are heat bonded together. The glove, the absorbing material and the pre-moistened wipe can be stitched, stapled, glued, heat bonded and/or cold bonded.

[0045] FIGS. 1 through 5 show various embodiments of the cleaning device. In some embodiments as shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, the cleaning layer covers the entirety of the first side 111 of the glove 110, whereas in other embodiments, the cleaning layer only covers a portion of the first side 111 of the glove 110 and covers the finger section and part of the palm section. In another embodiment as shown in FIG. 4, the cleaning layer extends outwardly from the outer perimeter 116 of the glove. In this embodiment, the cleaning layer 130 can be a pre-moistened wipe and can be rectangular, square of circular.

[0046] In some embodiments as shown in FIG. 10, the cleaning device 100 includes a glove 110 having a first side 111 and a second side 112 directly opposite the first side. The cleaning device also has a front end defining a fingers section 113 and a rear portion defining a glove opening 114 and a palm section 115 between the fingers section 113 and the rear portion 114 and an outer perimeter 116 of the glove.

[0047] In some embodiments as shown in FIG. 10, the cleaning device also comprises a length of insulating material defining an insulating layer 120 securely coupled to the first side of the glove 111. This insulation layer can be a protective layer, a waterproof layer or any other material which stops cleaning agents and outside contaminants from permeating into the glove or a hand of a user. In other embodiments, the insulating layer also includes padding for ease of use and comfort.

[0048] In other embodiments, the cleaning device does not include an insulating layer 120 and the cleaning layer 130 is directly attached to the glove portion 110 which is made of a waterproof and insulating flexible material.

[0049] As shown in FIGS. 1 through 10, a cleaning layer 130 extends at least the length of the insulating material 120 and the first side 111 of the glove portion 110. Here, the cleaning layer is coupled to the length of insulating material 120. In other embodiments, the cleaning layer is attached directly to the glove portion 110.

[0050] In some embodiments, the cleaning device 100 includes a pull element 140 operatively connected to the rear portion 114 of the glove. In some embodiments, the cleaning device also includes a securing element 142 coupling the pull element to the rear portion of the glove 114. In other embodiments the pull element is attached directly to the cleaning device 100 and does not require securing elements for the pull element. In these embodiment when the glove and cleaning device is used to clean an external surface, a user can turn it around from the glove opening 114 and used as a disposable container 150 as shown in FIG. 11.

[0051] In some embodiments the cleaning layer 130 can be a pre-moistened cleaning wipe coupled to the insulating layer and the glove and extending outwardly from the outer perimeter of the glove. In other embodiments, the cleaning layer 130 can be directly attached to a glove which acts as a glove and insulating layer to protect a user's hand.

[0052] In some embodiments, the cleaning layer 130 can be a pre-moistened cleaning wipe, a textured cloth adapted to receive a solution, a reusable cleaning wipe saturated with a cleaning solution, a padded absorbing wipe for cleaning and/or a disposable cleaning wipe saturated with a cleaning solution.

[0053] In some embodiments as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the insulating material 120 and the cleaning layer 130 extend an entire surface area of the first side of the glove 111. In some embodiments, the cleaning layer and insulating layer can extend beyond the entire surface area of the first side of the glove 111.

[0054] In other embodiments, the insulating material and insulating layer 120 is sandwiched between the cleaning layer 130 and the first side of the glove 111 such that when a user places a hand in the glove and uses the cleaning device for cleaning, the user's hand remains dry and uncontaminated.

[0055] In one embodiment the glove 110, the insulating material 120 and the cleaning layer 130 are bonded at least along the outer perimeter of the glove with at least one of an adhesive and mechanical stitching. In other embodiments, the glove layer 110, the insulating layer 120 and the cleaning layer 130 are bonded together along an entire surface area of the first side of the glove. Here, the glove's first side 111, the cleaning layer 130 and the insulating layer 120 can be secured together with stitches, staples, an adhesive, a reusable adhesive, a glue, a heat bond and/or a cold bond. In one particular embodiment the cleaning layer is bonded either directly to the glove portion or to the glove and an insulating layer with a reusable adhesive. In this particular embodiment, the cleaning device 100 can be reused a user can use a cleaning layer, remove it and attach another cleaning layer for ease of reusability all while keeping a user's hand dry and uncontaminated.

[0056] In one embodiment, the pull element 140 can be a pull string, a drawstring, a string, an elastic band, a bracelet, an adhesive drawstring, a bracelet and/or a garter attached directly to the glove rear end portion 114, or secured to the rear portion 114 with stiches, staples and/or adhesive. In one particular embodiment, the pull element is within the rear portion 114 where the rear portion includes a fold creating a channel for the pull element. In another particular embodiment, the fold includes an opening such that the pull element 140 is visible to a user and the user can pull the pull element 140 to secure the glove snug onto the user's hand, and then use the pull element to close the inside of the cleaning device and dispose of the contaminants.

[0057] In yet another embodiment as shown in FIG. 11, the pull element 140 also includes an adhesive element 145 such that when a user cleans using the cleaning device and removes said cleaning device by turning over said device, the adhesive element seals an outer contaminant inside the cleaning device 110.

[0058] In one particular embodiment, the securing element 142 coupling the pull element 140 to the rear portion of the glove 114 is a structural portion of the rear portion of the glove folded and on itself and coupled to itself thereby defining a channel for the pull element and wherein the glove folded portion further comprises an opening allowing the pull element to be pulled outwardly and adapted to be tied.

[0059] In some embodiments, the cleaning layer 130 is a pre-moistened cleaning wipe including comprising perforations 135 adapted to facilitate adhesion to the insulation layer 120 and/or the glove portion 110.

[0060] In another embodiment, the glove 110 is formed from a single sheet of flexible plastic and can be a hypoallergenic plastic, a recyclable plastic, a recycled plastic, and/or a biodegradable plastic.

[0061] In one particular embodiment the glove 110, the insulating material 120, and the cleaning layer 130 are attached together along the outer perimeter of the glove 116.

[0062] The present disclosure can also be embodied in a kit 200 which includes a resealable packaging 210 as shown in FIG. 12, and comprise one of more cleaning devices 100 disposed within the packaging. Here, each of the ne cleaning devices comprises a glove having a first side and a second side directly opposite the first side, a front end defining a fingers section and a rear end defining a glove opening and a palm section between the fingers section and the rear end and an outer perimeter of the glove. The cleaning device also includes a length of insulating material attached to first side of the glove, a pre-moistened cleaning layer extending the length of the insulating material and the first side of the glove portion and coupled to the length of insulating material; and a pull element operatively coupled to the rear portion of the glove and a securing element coupling the pull element to the rear portion of the glove; wherein the glove is used to clean an external surface and turned around from the glove opening and used as a disposable container.

[0063] In some embodiments, this kit includes cleaning devices that do not comprise an insulating layer. In other embodiments, the packaging includes a plurality of cleaning devices. In one particular embodiment, the cleaning devices inside the packaging are folded around a portion of another cleaning device such that when a user pulls a cleaning device, a second cleaning device is at the packaging top surface for ease of use.

[0064] The present disclosure can be embodied in a method of using a cleaning device comprising the steps of providing a cleaning device with a glove compartment and a pre-moistened wipe, inserting a hand inside the glove compartment, using the cleaning device to clean an external surface, removing said cleaning device by pulling on an opening portion of the glove compartment, tying said opening portion to enclose a used cleaning device.

[0065] In some embodiments, the method includes having a cleaning device with a glove compartment, an insulating material and a pre-moistened wipe and a pull element; inserting a user's hand inside the glove compartment; cleaning an external surface with the cleaning device; removing said cleaning device by pulling on the pull element; and tying the pull element to enclose a used cleaning device. In other embodiments, a user removes cleaning devices individually from a package prior to inserting their hand inside the glove compartment, removing the cleaning device from a resealable packaging. In another embodiment, the user seals the used cleaning device with a sealable and adhesive pull element.

[0066] As mentioned above, other embodiments and configurations may be devised without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.