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US 2015/0305587 A1Published application
Rotating mop handle and bucket assembly
AssigneeTelebrands Corp.
InventorLou Lentine
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Abstract
A mopping assembly includes a mop bucket having a basket and an interior track formed on an inner surface thereof and a mop having a mop head configured to engage the basket. The basket engages the track on an interior surface of the bucket, so that the basket transitions within an interior portion of the bucket in a vertical direction along the longitudinal axis of the bucket, and the track includes a stop having a notch portion, and wherein the basket is configured to access the notch portion via one or more access paths.
Claims20
1-10. (canceled)
A mopping assembly, comprising:
- a mop bucket having an interior portion;
- a basket disposed in the interior portion of the mop bucket;
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- a mop having a handle and a mop head, wherein the mop head releasably engages the basket;
- wherein the handle includes a first piece, a second piece, a rotating mechanism, and a locking mechanism, wherein the first and second pieces nest in a telescoping relationship and are axially and rotationally movable with respect to each other, the second piece of the handle removably engages the mop head, and the locking mechanism is configured to lock the first and second pieces in a fixed position relative to one another;
- wherein the rotating mechanism includes a spiral track, wherein the spiral track is disposed in the second piece, an end of the first piece is configured to engage and transition along the spiral track, and wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a clutch mechanism;
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- wherein when the first and second pieces are moveable relative to one another, the second piece of the handle is engaged with the mop head, and the mop head is engaged with the basket, application of a downward force on the first piece causes the end of the first piece to transition along the spiral track disposed in the second piece, thereby rotating the mop head and the basket.
5 more elements
A mopping assembly, comprising:
- a mop handle having a first telescoping piece, a second telescoping piece, and a rotating mechanism extending between the first and second telescoping pieces;
- wherein the rotating mechanism engages the first telescoping piece and the second telescoping piece;
- wherein the rotating mechanism includes a spiral track disposed in the second telescoping piece, and wherein an end of the first telescoping piece engages and transitions along the spiral track, the mopping assembly further comprising a plurality of projections formed on the end of the first telescoping piece, and wherein the plurality of projections engage the spiral track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.