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Manufacturing method of a diamond-mesh polyethylene netting sponge
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-11-01
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Granted: 1992-09-08
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Expires: 2011-11-01
Abstract
Abstract A diamond-mesh polyethylene sponge is obtained from a number of netting tubes stretched over supports, joined and bound together at the center and then released from the supports.
Inventors
- 👤 Antonio Campagnoli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:19
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L13/00; A47L13/10; A47L13/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49874; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53657
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of manufacturing a bath sponge, comprising: stretching a plurality of tubes made of diamond-mesh resilient synthetic netting, in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tubes; binding all of the stretched tubes together near a common center of all of the stretched tubes; and releasing all of the tubes from their stretched condition, whereby the tubes through their resiliency rebound into a rounded sponge shape around the binding of the tubes.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of manufacturing a bath sponge, comprising: stretching a plurality of tubes made of diamond-mesh resilient synthetic netting, in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tubes; binding all of the stretched tubes together near a common center of all of the stretched tubes; and releasing all of the tubes from their stretched condition, whereby the tubes through their resiliency rebound into a rounded sponge shape around the binding of the tubes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 1 including stretching each tube between a pair of supports, each tube being gathered on its respective pair of supports before all of the tubes are bound to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 2 including binding all of the tubes to each other using a plastic strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein each tube of netting is made of diamond-mesh polyethylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method according to claim 4 wherein each pair of supports comprises a pair of elongated supports each having one end connected at a fixed location and an opposite free end, whereby the opposite free ends of each pair of supports can be bent toward each other for receiving a tube of netting, the tube of netting being gathered toward the fixed ends of each support pair, for stretching each tube of netting between each pair of supports.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein each pair of supports comprises a pair of elongated pole supports each having one end connected at a fixed location and an opposite free end, whereby the opposite free ends of each pair of supports can be bent toward each other for receiving a tube of netting, the tube of netting being gathered toward the fixed ends of each support pair, for stretching each tube of netting between each pair of supports.
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