Patent · US Expired

Wet mop with self-contained wringer

US5577290A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
29References
17Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 13, 1995
Grant dateNov 26, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L13/142
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mop has a self-contained wringer, a handle, a sleeve frictional movably disposed on the handle such that the sleeve is self supporting along a number of positions of the mop handle, a retainer member connected to an end of the handle and having a receiving surface, mop head material having one end connected to the sleeve and another end of the mop head material positionable adjacent the receiving surface of the retainer member, a resilient scrub pad material having an open surface defined therein disposed adjacent the another end of the mop head material and the receiving surface, and an insert having a portion configured to fit through the open surface of the scrub pad material and be connectably received into the receiving surface in a manner such that the insert and scrub pad material bind and lock the another end of the mop head material against the receiving surface.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.