Patent ID: 6536132
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A41D,B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a reusable clothes dryer lint removal device that allows thorough separation of accumulated lint from a clothes dryer lint filter, temporary storage of the removed lint, and efficient lint disposal, said method of manufacture comprising the steps of:providing a quantity of soft, lint-attracting material, a quantity of lightweight material to which clothes-dryer lint does not easily adhere, a plurality of two-part closure devices, at least one magnet, and a quantity of thread; using said soft, lint-attracting material to form a mitt component with a finger containing area and an opposed open end; using said lightweight material to form a tubular pouch having an interior, a top end, and a bottom end; forming a side opening through said lightweight material; using a portion of said thread to securely attach said open end of said mitt to said side opening to form a mitt/opening seam,; folding said top end of said pouch toward said interior to form an upper front pocket and an upper back pocket; using a portion of said thread to stitch and secure said upper front pocket and said upper back pocket in place; folding said bottom end of said pouch toward said interior to form a lower front pocket and a lower back pocket; using a portion of said thread to stitch and secure said lower front pocket and said lower back pocket in place; inserting a first part of at least one of said two-part closure devices into said upper front pocket; taking the corresponding second parts of each of said two-part closure devices used in said upper front pocket and inserting said second parts into said upper back pocket in positions opposed to said first parts that enable engagement between corresponding first and second parts of each of said upper closure devices used; securing a first part of at least one of said two-part closure devices to said lower front pocket; and taking the corresponding second parts of each of said two-part closure devices used in said lower front pocket and securing said second parts to said lower back pocket in positions opposed to said first parts that enable engagement between corresponding first and second parts of each of said lower closure devices used; whereby the resulting clothes dryer lint removal product can be used with an operator hand placed through said opening and into said mitt, and when said upper two-part closure devices are separated from one another and in opened positions said mitt can extend beyond said pouch to gather clothes dryer lint from a lint collection filter, the collected lint being deposited into said pouch for temporary storage as said mitt is withdrawn back into said pouch, and the lint being subsequently subjected to gravity-assisted removal from said pouch by independent opening of said lower two-part closure devices.