Cleaning apparatus with touch-free pad pick up and release mechanism

A cleaning system comprising:

• a cleaning apparatus, the cleaning apparatus comprising a base, a slider attached to the base, and a grabber attached to the base and to the slider, configured such that a movement of the slider relative to the base is translated into a movement of the grabber between an open position and a closed position relative to the base;
• and
• a pad,
• whereby the system enables a user to pick up the pad by clinching the pad in the cleaning apparatus between the grabber and the base in the closed position, and then release the pad by moving the cleaning apparatus into the open position.

A cleaning apparatus comprising:

• a base having a top, a bottom, a right, a left, a front, and a rear;
• a right slider slidingly attached to the top of the base proximate to the right of the base;
• a left slider slidingly attached to the top of the base proximate to the left of the base;
• a front grabber slidingly communicative with the top of the base proximate the front of the base;
• a rear grabber slidingly communicative with the top of the base proximate to the rear of the base;
• a right linkage having a right front linkage member and a right rear linkage member where the right front linkage member is pivotably connected between the front grabber and the right slider and the right rear linkage member is pivotably connected between the rear grabber and the right slider;
• and
• a left linkage having a left front linkage member and a left rear linkage member where the left front linkage member is pivotably connected between the front grabber and the left slider and the left rear linkage member is pivotably connected between the rear grabber and the left slider.