Method of manufacturing one-piece mop swab
AssigneeMulti-Reach, Inc.
InventorsEsteban Rios, Jaime Topete, William Joseph Mayville
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Abstract
A method of forming a one-piece mop swab is disclosed, the method comprising: providing at least one continuous, generally planar sheet of absorbent material in which sheet of material are formed a plurality of bounded openings arranged discontinuously in at least first and second directions to define an absorbent surface characterized by a network of seamlessly interconnected absorbent regions of said sheet. The at least one sheet of absorbent material includes lateral edges, the lateral edges of the at least one sheet being joined to define a continuous surface, or belt-like shape, having vertically spaced-apart first and second open ends which may be secured to a selected mop in known fashion.
Claims15
A method of forming a mop swab for use with a mop of the type having an elongate handle with distal and proximal ends, and a sleeve slidingly and rotatably disposed on the handle, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one continuous, generally planar sheet of suitably absorbent mop material having opposing lateral edges;
- forming a plurality of bounded openings in said at least one sheet of absorbent material, said bounded openings arranged discontinuously in at least first and second directions to define an absorbent surface characterized by a network of seamlessly interconnected absorbent regions of said sheet;
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- joining opposing lateral edges of said at least one sheet of absorbent material to thereby define a mop swab with a continuous circumferential surface and opposite first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being connectable to one or the other of the handle and sleeve.
A method of forming a mop, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one continuous, generally planar sheet of absorbent material having opposing lateral edges;
- providing a handle having opposing ends, and a sleeve rotatably and slidably disposed on the handle;
- forming a plurality of bounded openings in said at least one sheet of absorbent material, said bounded openings arranged discontinuously in at least first and second directions to define an absorbent surface characterized by a network of seamlessly interconnected absorbent regions of said sheet;
- joining opposing lateral edges of said at least one sheet of absorbent material to thereby define a mop swab with a continuous circumferential surface having spaced-apart first and second ends;
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- securing one of the first and second ends of the mop swab to an end of the handle, and securing the other of the first and second ends of the mop swab to the sleeve.
A method of forming a one piece mop swab, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one continuous, generally planar sheet of absorbent material having opposing lateral edges;
- forming passageways proximate each of a first pair of the opposing lateral edges of said at least one sheet of absorbent material, the passageways dimensioned to receive means for gathering the ends of the mop swab;
- forming a plurality of bounded openings in said at least one sheet of absorbent material, said bounded openings arranged discontinuously in at least first and second directions to define an absorbent surface characterized by a network of seamlessly interconnected absorbent regions of said sheet;
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- joining a second pair of the opposing lateral edges of said at least one sheet of absorbent material to thereby define a mop swab with a continuous circumferential surface having vertically spaced-apart first and second open ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.