DRYING AND/OR CLEANING CLOTH

Abstract

Drying and/or cleaning cloth with a square surface with two sides which are each delimited by two longitudinal edges and two transverse edges, wherein the drying and/or cleaning cloth in the area has an opening for reaching through at least one transverse edge or one longitudinal edge.

Claims

1. A drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) having a rectangular surface having two sides that are respectively delimited by two longitudinal edges (2) and two transverse edges (3), wherein the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) comprises, in the vicinity of at least one transverse edge (3) or one longitudinal edge (2), an opening (4) to be reached through.

2. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least one opening (4) is embodied as a slit that is oriented parallel to the respective transverse edge (3) or longitudinal edge (2) in the vicinity of which it is provided.

3. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 2, wherein the slit is provided at a distance of approximately 5 cm to 15 cm, preferably 8 cm to 12 cm, very preferably approximately 10 cm, from the corresponding respective transverse (3) edge or longitudinal edge (2).

4. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 2, wherein the slit has a length of approximately 5 cm to 15 cm, preferably 8 to 12 cm, very preferably approximately 10 cm.

5. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 2, wherein the slit is arranged approximately centeredly with respect to the length of the corresponding respective transverse edge (3) or longitudinal edge (2).

6. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) has a napped surface; preferably, both sides of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) each have a napped surface.

7. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 6, wherein at least one napped surface is constituted by a terrycloth, preferably a towel terrycloth.

8. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein the edge region of the longitudinal edges (2) and of the transverse edges (3) is hemmed with a border (5) made of a textile material; and/or a seam (6) positioned at a short distance from the respective edge is provided.

9. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein the opening (4) is hemmed with a border (5) made of a textile material; and/or a seam (6) positioned at a short distance from the respective edge is provided.

10. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) has a double-ply structure having two cloth plies, the two cloth plies being provided adjacently to one another on the back sides with a possibly present napped side facing outward.

11. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 10, wherein the two cloth plies are heat-sealed to one another on their rear surfaces at several points arranged apart from one another, preferably are heat-sealed to one another over the entire surface.

12. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) is embodied as a microfiber cloth; preferably, both sides of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) are respectively embodied as a microfiber cloth.

13. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least one side of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) is made of a mixed fabric having polyester and polyamide constituents; preferably, both sides of the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) are respectively made of a mixed fabric having polyester and polyamide constituents.

14. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 13, wherein the mixed fabric has a composition having approximately 80% polyester and approximately 20% polyamide.

15. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) has a weight per unit area of approximately 800 g/m.sup.2.

16. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 1, wherein the drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) is square or rectangular, having a ratio of longitudinal edge (2) to transverse edge (3) of approximately 1.5 to 1.7, preferably 1.6.

17. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 3, wherein the slit has a length of approximately 5 cm to 15 cm, preferably 8 to 12 cm, very preferably approximately 10 cm.

18. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 3, wherein the slit is arranged approximately centeredly with respect to the length of the corresponding respective transverse edge (3) or longitudinal edge (2).

19. The drying and/or cleaning cloth (1) according to claim 4, wherein the slit is arranged approximately centeredly with respect to the length of the corresponding respective transverse edge (3) or longitudinal edge (2).

Description

[0022] Exemplifying embodiments of the invention will be explained below and are depicted in the drawings, in which:

[0023] FIG. 1 shows a first exemplifying embodiment of a drying and/or cleaning cloth according to the present invention; and

[0024] FIG. 2 shows a second exemplifying embodiment of a drying and/or cleaning cloth according to the present invention.

[0025] In all the Figures, matching reference characters are used for identical or similar parts.

[0026] The Figures each show a drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 having a rectangular surface having two sides (front side and rear side). The two sides are respectively delimited by two longitudinal edges 2 and two transverse edges 3.

[0027] Drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 shown in FIG. 1 is embodied rectangularly, longitudinal edges 2 each being 1.6 times as long as transverse edges 3. Longitudinal edges 2 can each be, for example, 80 cm long, while transverse edges 3 are then each 50 cm long.

[0028] The rectangular drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 comprises, in the vicinity of both transverse edges 3, a respective opening 4 to be reached through, so that when drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 is being used, it is held by the user's arm (not shown in the drawings) passed through opening 4, and kept from being dropped.

[0029] Openings 4 are each embodied as a slit of approximately 10 cm which is oriented parallel to transverse edge 3 in whose vicinity it is provided, and is arranged approximately centeredly with respect to the length of transverse edge 3. The slit-shaped opening 4 is provided respectively at a distance of approximately 10 cm from the corresponding respective transverse edge or longitudinal edge.

[0030] Both sides of drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 have a respective napped surface similar to a terrycloth.

[0031] The edge region of drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 is hemmed with a border 5 made of a textile material with a seam 6, while opening 4 is protected from fraying by heat-sealing. The opening can have been generated by laser cutting, in which case creation of the opening and welding have occurred simultaneously in one working step. Heat-sealing of the edge is effected independently of, and if applicable in addition to, heat-sealing of the cloth plies.

[0032] Drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 shown in FIG. 2 is identical in most respects to the subject matter shown in FIG. 1. Divergently from the subject matter in FIG. 1, however, drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 shown in FIG. 2 is embodied to be square. Edges 2, 3 can each be, for example, 40 cm or 50 cm long.

[0033] Drying and/or cleaning cloth 1 that is shown also has only a single opening 4 to be reached through. Said opening is again 10 cm long and is provided at a distance of 10 cm from the adjacent edge. Opening 4 is protected from fraying here by a seam 6 positioned at a short distance from the edge of opening 4.