A47L 13/257
For mops made of sponge material
Official title: for mops made of sponge material
A47L13/257 (For mops made of sponge material) appears on 96 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 228
- Latest grant
- 4 Mar 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Mopping system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152882 A1
- Mop and Mop Bucket System21 May 2026US 2026/0137258 A1
- Flat mop cover, flat mop holder, mop system, method for producing a flat mop cover, kit of parts, and use of a flat mop cover21 Nov 2024US 2024/0382060 A1
- Foam Cotton Mop Head, a Mop Thereof, and a Manufacture Method Thereof19 Oct 2023US 2023/0329515 A1Huaihua Shuxiaofu New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
- Cleaning Assembly3 Aug 2023US 2023/0240435 A1The Clorox Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cloth-covered sponge mop68US 5,177,831 A1993
- Fluid valve and actuator for inverted fluid reservoir64US 7,004,658 B2The Clorox Company · 2006
- Roller self-wringing sponge mop with scrubber51US 6,588,045 B2Products of Tomorrow, Inc. · 2003
- Retainer for a sponge rubber mop43US 4,077,083 AGreenview Manufacturing Company · 1978
- Cleanroom washing system40US 5,507,065 A1996