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US 11,297,996 B2Granted
Floor mop
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsDoug Metzel, Eric Wehrli
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Abstract
A floor mop including a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle, a multidirectional joint coupled to the shaft opposite the handle, and a mop plate. The mop plate is unitarily formed and includes an upper plate including an upper surface, a substantially parallel lower plate including a lower surface, lateral faces extending between the upper and lower plate, and at least one internal web extending between the upper and lower plates. The upper plate, lower plate, lateral faces and at least one internal web are unitarily formed. The mop plate and the multidirectional joint further include complementary coupling structures.
Claims17
A floor mop comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft coupled to the handle;
- a multidirectional joint coupled to the shaft opposite the handle;
- and
- a mop plate coupled to the multidirectional joint, the mop plate having an upper plate, a lower plate substantially parallel to the upper plate, lateral faces extending between the upper and lower plate, and at least one internal web extending between the upper and lower plates, the upper plate including an upper surface, the lower plate including a lower surface, wherein the upper plate, the lower plate, the lateral faces and the at least one internal web are unitarily formed, the mop plate including a front edge and a rear edge, the mop plate including a U-shape defined laterally across a width of the mop plate and defining a U-shaped opening, the U-shaped opening being disposed toward the rear edge of the mop plate,
- the mop plate and the multidirectional joint including complementary coupling structures,
- wherein the complementary coupling structure of the multidirectional joint includes a pair of opposed connection rods, and the complementary coupling structure of the mop plate includes a pair of channels, the mop plate including opposed walls bordering the U-shaped opening, the pair of channels being formed within the opposed walls bordering the U-shaped opening.
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A floor mop comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft coupled to the handle;
- a multidirectional joint coupled to the shaft opposite the handle;
- a mop plate coupled to the multidirectional joint, the mop plate having an upper plate, a lower plate substantially parallel to the upper plate, lateral faces extending between the upper and lower plate, and at least one internal web extending between the upper and lower plates, the upper plate including an upper surface, the lower plate including a lower surface, wherein the upper plate, the lower plate, the lateral faces and the at least one internal web are unitarily formed, the mop plate and the multidirectional joint including complementary coupling structures;
- a cleat, the cleat being spaced from the multidirectional joint, the multidirectional joint being adapted to allow the mop plate to pivot to a position wherein the mop plate is disposed substantially parallel to the shaft, the cleat being adapted to further couple the mop plate to the shaft in a position substantially parallel to the shaft;
- and
- a cleaning pad disposed on the mop plate, the cleaning pad including a loop disposed to engage with the cleat to couple the mop plate to the shaft in the position substantially parallel to the shaft.
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A floor mop comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft coupled to the handle;
- a measuring cup removably attached to the shaft;
- a multidirectional joint coupled to the shaft opposite the handle;
- and
- a mop plate coupled to the multidirectional joint, the mop plate having an upper plate, a lower plate substantially parallel to the upper plate, lateral faces extending between the upper and lower plate, and at least one internal web extending between the upper and lower plates, the upper plate including an upper surface, the lower plate including a lower surface, wherein the upper plate, the lower plate, the lateral faces and the at least one internal web are unitarily formed,
- the mop plate and the multidirectional joint including complementary coupling structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.