Disposable lint remover and method of manufacture thereof

Abstract

A disposable lint remover mitt includes an adhesive laminate having a liner, a release coating disposed on the liner, a face adhesive disposed on the release coating, and a face sheet adhered to the face adhesive. A patterned adhesive is disposed on a top portion of the face sheet, with a top web adhered to the patterned adhesive. The top web and the face sheet form a pocket therebetween for accommodating a hand of a user therewithin. The liner is removed from the adhesive laminate of the mitt, thereby exposing the face adhesive. With the mitt on the hand of the user, the exposed face adhesive functions to remove lint from a fabric article when the mitt is pressed thereagainst.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A disposable lint remover mitt for removing lint from fabric articles, comprising: 
 an adhesive laminate including, 
 (i) a liner having a top liner surface and a bottom liner surface, and a release coating disposed on said top liner surface,  
 (ii) a face adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said release coating of said top liner surface, and  
 (iii) a face sheet having a top surface, and a bottom surface adhered to said face adhesive;  
   a patterned adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said top surface of said face sheet; and    a top web adhered to said patterned adhesive, whereby said top web and said face sheet form a pocket for receiving a hand thereinto,    wherein said liner is removable from said adhesive laminate, such that said face adhesive is exposed thereby for collecting lint thereon when said face adhesive of the mitt is pressed against the lint.    
     
     
         2 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said face adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.  
     
     
         3 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said patterned adhesive is selected from the group consisting of a conventional glue, an ultraviolet (UV) cured adhesive, a hot melt glue, and thermoplastic bonding.  
     
     
         4 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive provided on said top surface of said top web.  
     
     
         5 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive provided on an underside portion of said top web within said pocket formed by said top web and said face sheet, said adhesive being capable of being in contact with a hand of a user for removably securing the mitt to the hand of the user, when the hand is inserted into said pocket.  
     
     
         6 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said face sheet is capable of retaining printed images thereon.  
     
     
         7 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said top web is capable of retaining printed images thereon.  
     
     
         8 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said adhesive laminate is water soluble.  
     
     
         9 . The disposable lint remover mitt of  claim 1 , wherein said patterned adhesive is water soluble.  
     
     
         10 . The disposable lint remover mift of  claim 1 , wherein said top web is water soluble.  
     
     
         11 . A disposable lint remover mift for removing lint from fabric articles, comprising: 
 a liner having a top liner surface and a bottom liner surface, and a release coating selectively disposed on a majority of said top liner surface whereby said release coating covers all but a strip of said top liner surface;    a bottom face adhesive disposed on said release coating and on said strip of said top liner surface;    a face sheet having a top surface, and a bottom surface adhered to said face adhesive;    a top face adhesive selectively disposed on an edge portion of said top surface of said face sheet opposite said strip of said top liner surface;    wherein (i) said liner is capable of being pulled away in part from said face adhesive and brought over said face sheet about said strip of said top liner surface in a hinge fashion and secured to said top face adhesive opposite said strip of said top liner surface, with a desired hand pocket being formed thereby, and (ii) said liner having been pulled away in part from said face adhesive thereby exposes said face adhesive for collecting lint thereon when pressed against the lint.    
     
     
         12 . A disposable lint remover mitt for removing lint from fabric articles, comprising: 
 a face sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface;    a linerless adhesive provided on at least a portion of said bottom surface of said face sheet;    a patterned adhesive provided on at least a portion of said top surface of said face sheet;    a top web adhered to said patterned adhesive, whereby said top web and said face sheet form a pocket for receiving a hand thereinto; and    a release coating provided on said top web, 
 wherein said linerless adhesive is capable of collecting lint thereon when said linerless adhesive of the mitt is pressed against the lint.  
   
     
     
         13 . A method of in-line manufacture of a plurality of disposable lint remover mitts for removing lint from fabric articles, comprising the steps of: 
 providing an adhesive laminate and a top web;    selectively adhering said top web to said adhesive laminate to form a combined web, wherein said combined web has a plurality of hand pockets formed therein by the selective adhesion of said top web to said adhesive laminate;    selectively cutting through said top web, in a desired shape, to a depth not including said laminate, to form a plurality of mitt portions and waste portions in said combined web;    removing said waste portions from said combined web; and    perforating said combined web about said mitt portions to form a plurality of individual mitts, said individual mitts being separable from said combined web thereby.    
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the step of printing an image on said adhesive laminate corresponding to said plurality of individual mitts.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising the step of printing an image on said top web corresponding to said plurality of individual mitts.