Mop head and self-wringing mop apparatus and assembly and method of wringing a mop
AssigneeMicronova Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsPhillip LeCompte, Kristin Stewart
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Abstract
Flat mops and self-wringing flat mops can include a wringing configuration for applying a linear wringing motion to a mop head assembly, such as may occur along an axis coaxial with a handle. Four-point self wringing configurations may include four-point guide surfaces and/or four-point pressure points for wringing a mop head assembly.
Claims32
The mop of claim 18, further including a mop head element comprising a lower surface for receiving a cleaning material for mopping a surface, an upper surface on an opposite side of the mop head element from the lower surface, a first end portion configured to be supported by a mop wherein the first end portion extends in first and second substantially opposite directions, first and second side portions extending outward from the first end portion to a second end portion wherein the first and second edge portions are opposite each other, and wherein the first and second edge portions include upper surfaces configured to be contacted by wringing surfaces on a mop for wringing the cleaning material on the lower surface of the mop head element.
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A self wringing mop including a mop head element wherein the mop includes a wringing element having first and second pressure-applying elements having respective first and second axes of rotation and configured to apply pressure to the first and second side portions of the mop head element, and further including an additional pressure-applying element having a respective third axis of rotation non-colinear with the first and second axes.
A method of wringing a mop comprising moving a wringing structure along a handle of a mop and applying a pressure from the wringing structure to at least one edge portion of a mop head element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.