Cleaning tool and attachment of cleaning article thereto
AssigneeCarl Freudenberg KG
InventorsRobert Ancheta, Doug Metzel, Eric Martin
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Abstract
A cleaning tool includes: a first structural member having an attachment hook extending in an axial direction; and a second structural member extending in the axial direction, the second structural member being attached to the first structural member. The attachment hook has an attachment base connecting the attachment hook to the first structural member, an axial section connected to the attachment base, and an insertion portion connected to the axial section. The insertion portion points radially outward with respect to the axial direction.
Claims20
A cleaning tool, comprising:
- a first structural member comprising an attachment hook extending in an axial direction;
- and
- a second structural member extending in the axial direction, the second structural member being attached to the first structural member,
- wherein the attachment hook comprises an attachment base connecting the attachment hook to the first structural member, an axial section connected to the attachment base, and an insertion portion connected to the axial section, and
- wherein the insertion portion points radially outward with respect to the axial direction.
A method of securing a cleaning article to a cleaning tool having a first structural member attached to a second structural member in an axial direction, the first structural member including an attachment hook extending in the axial direction, the method comprising:
- inserting the second structural member into the cleaning article;
- pulling the cleaning article along the second structural member toward the first structural member so as to align an attachment hook hole of the cleaning article with the attachment hook;
- and
- pulling the cleaning article radially inward with respect to the axial direction so that at least a first portion of the attachment hook extends through the attachment hook hole,
- wherein the first portion of the attachment hook points radially outward with respect to the axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.