Steam mop

US8534301B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Innovation Direct LLC · US

Inventors

• John R. Nottingham · Bratenahl, US
• Brian Vincent Sokol · Vermilion, US
• John W. Spirk · Moreland Hills, US
• Douglas E. Whitner · Chagrin Falls, US
• Michael O'Toole · Cleveland, US
• Marc Vitantonio · South Russell, US
• Michael Schiavoni · Euclid, US
• Robert Soreo · Cambridge, US
• Brian Catlett · Shaker Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 19, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F22B1/285
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A steam mop that includes a handle, an extension member, a base mount, a steam generator, and a mop head. The steam generator includes a body that at least partially contains a fluid tank, fluid pump and a heating element used to at least partially vaporize fluid. The body of the steam generator is designed to be releasably connected to the base mount such that the steam generator can be used as a steam producing device for the steam mop or can be disconnected from the base mount and be used as a stand alone steam producing device.