Multi-purpose cleaning implement

US7552499B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Adrian Benton James · Palo Alto, US
• Bryan Thomas White · Fremont, US
• Michael Shawver · Mill Valley, US
• Jan Hendrik Maria Verbiest · Caracas, VE
• Virginia Pankratz · Cincinnati, US
• Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte · Sint-Martens-Latem, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L13/42
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. A portion of the universal joint forms a handgrip which allows a user to hold the mop head independently from the handle. The cleaning implement has a quick-disconnect mechanism which includes a male element located at a distal end of the handle and a female element located on the universal joint and which allow a user to easily disconnect the handle from the mop head.