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US 2006/0039743 A1Published application
Cleaning implements
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohannes Mensink, Paulus Angustinus Hofte, Kim Mortland, Gregory Spooner, Ho Pun Chung
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Abstract
The invention provides a cleaning implement for cleaning a hard surface. The cleaning implement includes a mop head pivotably connected to a first handle section and a fluid transfer mechanism that is connected to a second handle section of the implement. When the cleaning implement is unassembled and stored in a package, the first handle section is disconnected from the second handle section. When a user removes the cleaning implement from the package, he or she can assemble the cleaning implement.
Claims20
A cleaning kit for cleaning a hard surface, said kit comprising:
- a package;
- and
- a cleaning implement stored in said package, said cleaning implement comprising:
- a first handle section having a proximal end and a distal end wherein said proximal end is pivotably connected to a mop head for retaining a disposable cleaning substrate;
- a second handle section having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a fluid transfer mechanism connected to said second handle section;
- a nozzle connected to said mop head;
- and
- a fluid transfer tube fluidically connecting said nozzle to said fluid transfer mechanism, wherein a proximal portion of said fluid transfer tube is located within said first handle section and a distal portion of said fluid transfer tube is located within said second handle section and wherein said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connectable to said proximal end of said second handle section when said cleaning implement is removed from said package and wherein said distal end of said first handle section is disconnected from said proximal end of said second handle section when said cleaning implement is in said package.
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A cleaning kit for cleaning a hard surface, said kit comprising:
- a package;
- and
- a cleaning implement stored in said package, said cleaning implement comprising:
- a first handle section having a proximal end and a distal end wherein said proximal end is pivotably connected to a mop head for retaining a disposable cleaning substrate;
- a second handle section having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a fluid transfer mechanism connected to said second handle section;
- a nozzle connected to said mop head;
- a first fluid transfer tube wherein said first fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said nozzle and wherein a substantial portion of said first fluid transfer tube is located within said first handle section;
- and
- a second fluid transfer tube wherein said second fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said fluid transfer mechanism and wherein a substantial portion of said second fluid transfer tube is located within said second handle section, wherein said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connectable to said proximal end of said second handle section when said cleaning implement is removed from said package, wherein said distal end of said first handle section is disconnected from said proximal end of said second handle section when, said cleaning implement is in said package and wherein said first fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said second fluid transfer tube when said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connected to said proximal end of said second handle section.
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A cleaning implement for cleaning a hard surface comprising:
- a first handle section having a proximal end and a distal end wherein said proximal end is pivotably connected to a mop head for retaining a disposable cleaning substrate;
- a second handle section having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a fluid transfer mechanism connected to said second handle section;
- a nozzle connected to said mop head;
- and
- a fluid transfer tube fluidically connecting said nozzle to said fluid transfer mechanism, wherein a proximal portion of said fluid transfer tube is located within said first handle section and a distal portion of said fluid transfer tube is located within said second handle section and wherein said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connectable to said proximal end of said second handle section and wherein said distal end of said first handle section is disconnected from said proximal end of said second handle section when said cleaning implement is unassembled.
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A cleaning implement for cleaning a hard surface comprising:
- a first handle section having a proximal end and a distal end wherein said proximal end is pivotably connected to a mop head for retaining a disposable cleaning substrate;
- a second handle section having a proximal end and a distal end;
- a fluid transfer mechanism connected to said second handle section;
- a nozzle connected to said mop head;
- a first fluid transfer tube wherein said first fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said nozzle and wherein a substantial portion of said first fluid transfer tube is located within said first handle section;
- and
- a second fluid transfer tube wherein said second fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said fluid transfer mechanism and wherein a substantial portion of said second fluid transfer tube is located within said second handle section, wherein said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connectable to said proximal end of said second handle section, wherein said distal end of said first handle section is disconnected from said proximal end of said second handle section when said cleaning implement is unassembled and wherein said first fluid transfer tube is fluidically connected to said second fluid transfer tube when said distal end of said first handle section is mechanically connected to said proximal end of said second handle section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.