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US 2017/0020358 A1Published application
Mop with stand
AssigneeHelen of Troy Limited
InventorsTerumasa Fujita, Joern Vicari, David Colie Wight
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Abstract
A mop includes a handle rod, a mop head, and an actuator handle. The handle rod defines a central handle rod axis. The mop head connects with the handle rod and includes a cleaning element mounting structure, a cleaning element, and a standoff. The actuator handle connects with the handle rod and the cleaning element mounting structure. The actuator handle is movable with respect to the handle rod for moving the mop head with respect to the handle rod between a use position and a storage position.
Claims20
A mop comprising:
- a handle rod defining a central handle rod axis;
- a mop head connected with the handle rod and including a cleaning element mounting structure, a cleaning element connected with the cleaning element mounting structure, and a standoff extending from the cleaning element mounting structure;
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- an actuator handle connected with the handle rod and the cleaning element mounting structure and movable with respect to the handle rod for moving the mop head with respect to the handle rod between a use position and a storage position;
- when the mop head is in the use position a cleaning surface of the cleaning element is nearer to normal to the central handle axis as compared to parallel to the central handle axis,
- when in the storage position the cleaning surface is nearer to parallel with the central handle axis as compared to normal to the central handle axis and a support surface on the standoff is positioned to offset the cleaning element from a flat horizontal surface upon which the support surface rests.
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A method of operating a mop comprising:
- moving an actuator handle, which is connected with a handle rod, with respect to the handle rod into a use operating position such that a cleaning surface of a cleaning element on a mop head is in contact with a floor surface;
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- moving the actuator handle with respect to the handle rod from the use operating position to a storage operating position such that a standoff on the mop head contacts the floor surface and the cleaning element is offset from the floor surface.
A mop comprising:
- a handle rod;
- a mop head connected with the handle rod for pivotal movement with respect to the handle rod about a mop head/handle rod axis, the mop head including a cleaning element having a cleaning surface and a standoff having a support surface spaced from the cleaning surface, wherein the mop head pivots with respect to the handle rod about the mop head/handle rod axis between a use position where the cleaning surface is resting on an associated floor surface and the support surface is offset from the associated floor surface and a storage position where the support surface is resting on the associated floor surface and the cleaning surface is offset from the associated floor surface;
- an actuator handle connected with the handle rod for pivotal movement with respect to the handle rod about an actuator handle/handle rod axis;
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- a linkage connecting the actuator handle and the mop head such that movement of the actuator handle results in movement of the mop head, wherein the linkage connects with the mop head for pivotal movement about a mop head/handle actuator link axis that is parallel with the mop head/handle rod axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.