Patent ID: 7284293
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: A46B,B08B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An article for cleaning uneven, variable geometry surfaces of electronic devices, the article comprising a housing having opposing faces with a support mounted to a first of the faces and a cleaning surface mounted to a second and opposite face of the housing, the article further comprising a first, relatively longer side and a second relatively shorter side, the longer side defining a longitudinal axis and the shorter side a lateral axis, each side being at least tangential to the respective axis defined, the cleaning surface including a substantially flexible material formed in multiple, alternating patterns comprising a plurality of rows of non-continuous, relatively tall pyramidal shapes separated by a plurality of rows of continuous, relatively short pyramidal shapes, the patterns extending along the entire length of the article along the longitudinal axis, the respective rows of non-continuous relatively tall pyramidal shapes and continuous, relatively short pyramidal shapes being generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, at least one of the rows of non-continuous, relatively tall pyramidal shapes being flanked on each side by at least one of the rows of continuous, relatively short pyramidal shapes, such that, upon grasping of the support by a user, pressing the cleaning surface into contact with a surface to be cleaned, and moving the article along and against the surface, the relatively tall pyramidal shapes engage generally low portions of the surface, whereas the relatively short pyramidal shapes engage generally higher portions of the surface so as to remove dirt and debris from the low to the high portions of the surface, respectively.