Mop assembly with fastener channels

US7650665B2 · 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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

A mop head assembly for use with a handle and a cleaning substrate is disclosed. The mop head assembly includes a lower substrate support surface, at least one fastener channel associated with the lower substrate support surface, and a fastener strip that can be inserted into the fastener channel. Such a fastener strip is configured to couple the lower substrate support surface to a cleaning substrate. The mop head assembly may include a cross-member configured such that forces applied from the handle through a central portion of mop head are distributed toward the end edges of the lower substrate support surface.