Combination scrubbing and wiping sponge

Claim 1

A scrubbing and wiping sponge comprising, in combination, a body of open cell foamed polyurethane ester having a periphery and first and second sides oppositely disposed with respect to each other, a relatively thick sheet of open cell reticulated foamed polyurethane ester having an exterior side and an interior side disposed over said body first side having cells of a dimension greater than that of said body foam and having a plurality of sharp projections formed thereon defining an abrasive outer surface at said exterior side, a plurality of elongated thermal joining strips defined in said foam sheet by compressing portions of said sheet exterior and interior sides into engagement with said body first side and thermally bonding said sheet to said body only at spaced locations defining said sheet into an embossed pattern, said sheet and said body also being thermally bonded throughout said body periphery, said strips comprising two sets of strips each comprising parallel spaced linear strips, the strips of said sets obliquely intersecting defining a raised self-cleaning embossed diamond pattern on said sheet, and said foam body at said second side defining a skin layer of higher density foam resistant to abrasive wear.