Mop Prop, Stick Stay, and Broom Base with Straight Extending Tines

A propping and base device used with a tool that has with an extended handle, the handle having one end holdable by an operator and an opposite end of the handle securable to the tool, the propping and base device is comprised of:

• a) an external case made of a durable plastic and surrounding a group of other components;
• b) a wing bolt and threaded aperture that releasably securing the external case to the extended handle at the opposite end of the handle, proximate to the tool;
• c) the group of other components surrounded by the case comprising:
• 1) four straight tines made of a spring steel;
• 2) an extension spring, with a top end and a bottom end, and a bottom retainer ring for extending the tines;
• 3) a rivet that secures the tines to the bottom of the compression spring and bottom ring;
• 4) a rivet that secures the spring to the top ring and case;
• and
• 5) a latch for extending the spring and straight, linear tines toward the tool end and for releasably holding the spring and tines in a retracted position in the external case
• wherein the device provides a temporary or permanent attachment to a tool that has an extended handle and which can allow the tool and device to be propped upright temporarily when not in use and can provide the ability for the tool to stand freely and independently of leaning against a wall, furniture, door and to prevent the tool and device from falling to the ground, against other objects, people, and pets on its way down to the ground.

A propping and base device used with a tool that has with an extended handle, the handle having one end holdable by an operator and an opposite end of the handle securable to the tool, the propping and base device is comprised of:

• a) an external case made of a durable plastic and surrounding a group of other components;
• b) a wing bolt and threaded aperture that releasably securing the external case to the extended handle at the opposite end of the handle, proximate to the tool;
• c) the group of other components surrounded by the case comprising:
• 1) three straight tines made of a durable and resilient material such as spring steel and made to a predetermined length;
• 2) a containing tube for each of the three straight tines of a predetermined length, with a top end and a bottom end, an internal aperture throughout its length, and a bottom retainer ring for extending the tines;
• 3) an extended rivet that prevents the top end of the straight tines from exiting the inside the containing tube;
• 4) a rivet that secures latch of the containing tubes to the top ring and case;
• and
• 5) a latch for retracting the set of straight tines toward the tool end and for returning the tines to a retracted position in the external case
• wherein the device provides a temporary or permanent attachment to a tool that has an extended handle and which can allow the tool and device to be propped upright temporarily when not in use and can provide the ability for the tool to stand freely and independently of leaning against a wall, furniture, door and to prevent the tool and device from falling to the ground, against other objects, people, and pets on its way down to the ground.