US 12,232,672 B2
Spot cleaning implement
Gionni Asante Hilton, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Gionni Asante Hilton, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,106.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,211, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313052 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 13/16 (2006.01); A47L 13/17 (2006.01); A47L 13/42 (2006.01); A47L 13/44 (2006.01); B60S 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/16 (2013.01) [A47L 13/17 (2013.01); A47L 13/42 (2013.01); A47L 13/44 (2013.01); B60S 3/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning implement for spot cleaning a surface, comprising:
a cleaning block having a plurality of sides and edges;
one or more elongated cleaning strips each having an outside surface, an inside surface, a first end, and an opposing second end; and
for each cleaning strip, a fastening mechanism adapted for fixing the first end of the cleaning strip to the second end of the cleaning strip, around at least two of the edges and two of the sides of the cleaning block;
wherein each cleaning strip includes, on at least the outside surface thereof, a wear indicator positioned over each side of the cleaning block over which the cleaning strip is attached, spot cleaning the surface using a side with one of the wear indicators causing the wear indicator to change visually;
whereby with the one or more cleaning strips fastened around the cleaning block, the first end of each cleaning strip fastened to the opposing end of the cleaning strip, the cleaning block may be grasped and used to spot clean the surface.