Cleaning glove with removable cleaning pad

Abstract

A waterproof glove body has a palm portion and multiple, spaced apart finger and thumb portions extending from the palm portion. A sheet of hook or loop tape is attached to the glove body so as to cover the palm portion and at least one of the finger portions. A cleaning pad of scouring and sponge material is removably attached to the sheet of hook or loop tape.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cleaning glove, comprising:
 a waterproof glove body having a palm portion and multiple, spaced apart finger portions and a thumb portion extending from the palm portion so as to receive a hand of a user therein;   a sheet of hook or loop tape attached to the glove body and having a peripheral edge substantially surrounding the palm portion of the glove body and a front surface of at least one of the finger portions of the glove body;   a cleaning pad comprising a scouring material and a sponge material adjacent to one another and a layer of hook or loop tape having a configuration substantially matching the sheet of hook or loop tape so as to removably attach the cleaning pad to the sheet of hook or loop tape attached to the glove body.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , wherein the sponge material defines a layer disposed between a layer of the scouring material and the layer of the hook or loop tape. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning glove of  claim 2 , wherein the sponge material is water and soap absorbent so as to retain water and soap therein and release the water and soap to the layer of scouring material upon application of pressure thereto. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , wherein the scouring material comprises unwoven synthetic fibers. 
     
     
         5 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , wherein the scouring material comprises non-scratch or a heavy-duty scouring material. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , wherein the peripheral edge of the sheet of hook or loop tape extends along the front surface of a plurality of the finger portions of the glove body. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning glove of  claim 6 , wherein the sheet of hook or loop tape extends substantially across the palm portion and the front surface of each of the finger portions of the glove body. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning glove of  claim 7 , wherein the cleaning pad defines a palm portion and finger portions extending from the palm portion in spaced relation to one another so as to correspond to the configuration of the sheet of hook or loop tape. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , including a second sheet of hook or loop tape attached to a front surface the thumb portion of the glove body and a second cleaning pad having a layer of hook or loop tape for removably attaching the second cleaning pad to the second sheet of hook or loop tape on the thumb portion of the glove body. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning glove of  claim 9 , wherein the second cleaning pad comprises scouring material and sponge material adjacent one another. 
     
     
         11 . The cleaning glove of  claim 10 , wherein the sponge material of the second cleaning pad defines a layer disposed between the layer of hook and loop tape and a layer of the scouring material of the second cleaning pad. 
     
     
         12 . The cleaning glove of  claim 1 , including a fabric liner disposed within the glove body. 
     
     
         13 . A cleaning glove, comprising:
 a waterproof glove body having a palm portion and multiple, spaced apart finger portions and a thumb portion extending from the palm portion so as to receive a hand of a user therein;   a sheet of hook or loop tape attached to the glove body and having a peripheral edge substantially surrounding the palm portion of the glove body and a front surface of a plurality of the finger portions of the glove body;   a cleaning pad defining a palm portion and finger portions extending from the palm portion in spaced relation to one another so as to have a configuration substantially matching the sheet of hook or loop tape, the cleaning pad comprising a scouring material and a sponge material adjacent to one another and a layer of hook or loop tape so as to removably attach the cleaning pad to the sheet of hook or loop tape attached to the glove body.   
     
     
         14 . The cleaning glove of  claim 13 , wherein the sponge material defines a layer disposed between a layer of the scouring material and the layer of the hook or loop tape. 
     
     
         15 . The cleaning glove of  claim 14 , wherein the sponge material is water and soap absorbent so as to retain water and soap therein and release the water and soap to the layer of scouring material upon application of pressure thereto. 
     
     
         16 . The cleaning glove of  claim 13 , wherein the scouring material comprises unwoven synthetic fibers. 
     
     
         17 . The cleaning glove of  claim 16 , wherein the scouring material comprises non-scratch or heavy-duty scouring material. 
     
     
         18 . The cleaning glove of  claim 13 , wherein the sheet of hook or loop tape extends substantially across the palm portion and the front surface of each of the finger portions of the glove body. 
     
     
         19 . The cleaning glove of  claim 13 , including a second sheet of hook or loop tape attached to a front surface the thumb portion of the glove body and a second cleaning pad having a layer of hook or loop tape for removably attaching the second cleaning pad to the second sheet of hook or loop tape on the thumb portion of the glove body. 
     
     
         20 . The cleaning glove of  claim 19 , wherein the second cleaning pad comprises scouring material and sponge material adjacent one another. 
     
     
         21 . The cleaning glove of  claim 20 , wherein the sponge material of the second cleaning pad defines a layer disposed between the layer of hook and loop tape and a layer of the scouring material of the second cleaning pad. 
     
     
         22 . The cleaning glove of  claim 13 , including a fabric liner disposed within the glove body.