Melamine Foam Sponge Cleaning Devices

Abstract

A cleaning device for removing marks from a surface includes a body of melamine foam sponge having a front side and a rear side opposed to the front side, and a holding layer secured to the rear side of the body of melamine foam sponge to prevent relative movement therebetween. The holding layer is preferably a cloth and more preferably natural or synthetic chamois which can be used to wipe and/or buff the surface after rubbing the body of melamine foam sponge on the surface to remove at least one surface mark. The body of melamine foam sponge can be pre-moistened with a liquid such as a disinfecting solution.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pre-packaged shoe cleaning system comprising, in combination:
 a package;   at least one cleaning device located within the package;   wherein the at least one cleaning device comprises: 
 a body of microporous foam sponge having a front side and a rear side opposed to the front side; and 
 a holding layer secured to the rear side of the body of micro-porous foam sponge. 
   
     
     
         2 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the holding layer comprises cloth. 
     
     
         3 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 2 , wherein the cloth is natural or synthetic chamois. 
     
     
         4 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the holding layer is secured to the body of microporous foam sponge with adhesive. 
     
     
         5 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the body of microporous foam sponge is pre-moistened with a liquid. 
     
     
         6 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 5 , wherein the liquid is a disinfectant solution. 
     
     
         7 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 6 , wherein the disinfectant solution comprises water and denatured alcohol. 
     
     
         8 . The pre-packaged cleaning shoe system of  claim 1 , wherein the body of microporous foam sponge has a circular shaped outer periphery. 
     
     
         9 . The prepackaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 8 , wherein the body of microporous foam sponge is provided with aplurality of spaced-apart dome-shaped protrusions that extend outward from the front side. 
     
     
         10 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 ,wherein the body of microporous foam sponge has a polygonal shaped outer periphery with at least five sides. 
     
     
         11 . The prepackaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 10 , wherein the body of microporous foam sponge is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart dome-shaped protrusions that extend outward from the front side. 
     
     
         12 . The prepackaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein thebody of microporous foam sponge is provided with aplurality of spaced-apart protrusions that extend outward from the front side. 
     
     
         13 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of spaced-apart protrusions is dome-shaped. 
     
     
         14 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the body of microporous foam sponge isan open cell melamine foam sponge. 
     
     
         15 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the package is an air tight package. 
     
     
         16 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 15 , wherein the air-tight package is resealable. 
     
     
         17 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the package is resealable. 
     
     
         18 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 1 , wherein the package contains only one of the cleaning device. 
     
     
         19 . The pre-packaged shoe cleaning system of  claim 18 , wherein the package is a rectangular-shaped pouch. 
     
     
         20 . A method of cleaning a shoe, comprising the steps of:
 obtaining a prepackaged shoe cleaning system comprising: 
 a package; 
 at least one cleaning device located within the package; 
 wherein the at least one cleaning device comprises: 
 a body of microporous foam sponge having a front side and a rear side opposed to the front side; and 
 a holding layer secured to the rear side of the body of micro-porous foam sponge; 
   removing the cleaning device from the package; and   rubbing the cleaning device on the shoe to clean the shoe.