Patent ID: 7013679

Claim:
A cleaning cloth for household and/or industrial use comprising: (a) a knitted fabric cleaning cloth having a plurality of rubber yarns knitted therein and each being secured by another yarn extending thereover in a lock-stitch pattern, said knitted fabric cleaning cloth having a fabric stitch sequence comprising: (i) a first bar of weft yarn, which is a back bar, and knitted using a 1-3/1-3 stitch and which is threaded 1 in, 1 out; (ii) a second bar, which is a rubber yarn, and knitted using a 1-12/-2 stitch threaded 1 in, 1 out for side portions and 1 in, 2 out for any remaining portion; (iii) a third bar of warp yarn, which is a front bar, and knitted using a 1-3/1-5 stitch and which is threaded 1 in, 1 out to prevent warp yarn slippage; and (iv) a fourth bar, which is a warp yarn, and knitted using a tricot cam using an 0-1/1-2 stitch threaded on every needle to give a lock stitch pattern. (b) said plurality of rubber yarns extending generally parallel to each other as they traverse said fabric and being of sufficient relative diameter to said fabric to form spaced-apart rib elements therein; and (c) said plurality of rib elements of said knitted fabric are of a predetermined size so as to serve as wiper blades during use of said cleaning cloth to remove surface dirt and debris from a surface being cleaned.