Patent ID: RE40495

Claim:
An article for sanitizing a surface utilizing a sanitizing solution that includes a sanitizer comprising positively charged ions at an effective concentration level, said article comprising: a substrate that absorbs and holds the sanitizing solution, said substrate having a structure that enables a user to wipe the surface with the substrate, thereby applying the sanitizing solution to the surface; and an adhesive binder that binds together the structure of the substrate, said binder including positively or neutrally charged ions that provide the substrate with a predominantly positive or neutral charge that prevents the substrate from neutralizing the positively charged ions in the sanitizer when the sanitizer is subsequently applied to the substrate, thereby maintaining the concentration level of the sanitizer at the effective level. An article for sanitizing a surface utilizing a sanitizing solution that includes a sanitizer comprising positively charged ions at an effective concentration level, said article comprising: a plurality of substrate components; and a cationic adhesive binder composition that binds together the substrate components into a substrate that absorbs and holds the sanitizing solution, said cationic binder providing the substrate with a predominantly positive charge that prevents the substrate from neutralizing the positively charged ions in the sanitizer when the sanitizer is subsequently applied to the substrate, thereby maintaining the concentration level of the sanitizer at the effective level.