Patent ID: 7451517

Claim:
A cleaning article to be used while being attached to a holder, the cleaning article comprising: a base sheet having a first color; a brush portion provided on one side of the base sheet; and a holding sheet provided on the other side of the base sheet and having a second color, the holding sheet being shorter in length than the base sheet, the base sheet and the holding sheet being joined together to define a two holding spaces between the base sheet and the holding sheet for accommodating the holder, the holding sheet being joined to the base sheet at an all-layer join line extending longitudinally with respect to the base sheet and a pair of first join lines which are laterally spaced apart from the all-layer join line so that each of the two holding spaces is respectively formed between the all-layer join line and one of the first join lines, the two holding spaces extending parallel to each other, wherein the each of the two holding spaces space is defined by the holding sheet being centered on the base sheet to have two open ends located at each of two end portions of the holding sheet longitudinally opposite to each other, such that the holder may be inserted into the two open ends at either of the two end portions, the two open ends of each of the two holding spaces are defined by the two end portions of the holding sheet that are spaced inward from corresponding end portions of the base sheet, and a difference in color between the first color of the base sheet and the second color of the holding sheet allows a user to identify the open ends.