Adjustable-size mop head and selectable-size cleaning substrate

US7607191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Cameron Ray Morris · Cumming, US
• Stephanie Ann Rossignol · Cumming, US
• George I. Nukuto · Neenah, US
• Denis R. Grimard · Appleton, US
• Carl G. Rippl · Appleton, US
• MeeWha Lee · Appleton, US
• Paul Woon · Alpharetta, US
• Russell J. Kroll · Atlanta, US
• Mark Londborg · Atlanta, US
• Robert J. Henshaw · Newnan, US
• Kiran Reddy · Roswell, US
• Thomas Glenn Merrill · Cumming, US
• Jose Ricardo Rubio-Flores, Jr. · Roswell, US
• Dennis Y. Lee · Cumming, US
• Nathan P. Hendon · Franklin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L13/258
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An adjustable-size mop head assembly that may be used with a handle and a disposable cleaning substrate is disclosed. The mop head assembly includes a central frame section with a central portion and a lower substrate support surface configured to hold a disposable cleaning substrate. The mop head assembly also includes at least one adjunct frame section configured to be operably coupled to the central frame section and configured to move between a stored configuration, where the adjunct frame section is stored by the central frame section, and an extended configuration where the adjunct frame section extends from the central frame section to add width to the central frame section and the lower substrate support surfaces. A continuous web of disposable cleaning substrate that may be used with the adjustable-size mop head assembly is also disclosed. The continuous web of disposable cleaning substrate includes lines of weakness at regular intervals configured such that various widths of cleaning substrate are removable via the lines of weakness.