Patent ID: 6443527
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A47K,A47L,D04D

Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of bath ruffles or sponges comprising:(a) radially outwardly stretching a continuous band of polymeric netting such that the band has opposing end portions and opposing central portions, the band including a first polymeric netting tube and a discrete second polymeric netting tube axially located within the first polymeric netting tube, the first and second polymeric netting tubes being gathered to form the continuous band; (b) securing together the opposing central portions of the continuous band; and (c) progressively stretching and releasing portions of the end portions of the continuous band so as to form a generally spherical bath ruffle or sponge, the portions of the end portions being stretched such that at least some of the portions of the stretched end portions do not overlie the same location prior to releasing.