Patent ID: 7629043

Claim:
A thin, flexible cleaning wipe for use in cleaning a surface, comprising: a melamine based foam configured for contacting and cleaning a surface to be cleaned, the melamine based foam being free from plastic deformation, wherein said melamine based foam has a thickness of from about 2 millimeters to about 20 millimeters and a density of from about 4 kg/m 3 to about 15 kg/m 3 , and a web attached to the melamine based foam, wherein the web is a wet-resilient tissue having a three dimensional surface defining peaks and valleys, the melamine based foam is attached to the three-dimensional surface of the wet-resilient tissue, wherein the cleaning wipe has a bending stiffness according to the Zwick Flexibility test of about 0.1 Nm or less and a dry tensile strength of at least about 600 grams per inch, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the foam layer to the thickness of the fibrous web is greater than 2.