US 6,785,928 B2Granted

Mops and mop components

AssigneeFreudenberg Household Products LP

InventorsPaul B. Specht, Edgar Wagner

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Abstract

Disclosed is a butterfly mop having an elongate shaft with a channel body disposed at one end of the shaft, the channel body having first and second leg portions defining a channel therebetween, the mop further having a mop element including a foldable, compressible, liquid-absorbent member. The mop element and channel body are hingedly movable along a hinge line relative to one another, whereby the mop element may be drawn into the channel causing the mop element to fold along a transverse axis and to become compressed between the channel body leg portions. A manual actuation mechanism includes a handle and a tension rod connecting the handle to one of the mop element and channel body for effecting relative hinged movement thereof. The mop element preferably includes plural pairs of apertures for allowing mounting of the mop element to variously sized mop element supports.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A kit comprising:

a mop element to be mounted on a mop element support, said mop element comprising:
a compressible liquid absorbent member having a longitudinal dimension and a generally planar surface having a transverse central axis, said central axis dividing said surface into a first region and a second region;
an aperture in said first region;
an aperture in said second region, said apertures positioned for alignment with respective apertures in said mop element support;
and
two removable rivets, each of said rivets comprising:
a rivet portion having a head and a longitudinally slotted outer sleeve;
and
a pin portion having a head and an operative end opposite the head, the operatiave end thereof being received within the outer sleeve of said rivet portion when partially extended therein with the rivet portion head and the pin portion head longitudinally spaced, whereby, when the pin portion head is moved longitudinally toward the rivet portion head, the operative end thereof engages and enlarges said outer sleeve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/337,569Filed 7 Jan 2003 · division
Priority: 27 Aug 1997
Published: US 2003/0101527 A15 Jun 2003
Granted: 7 Sep 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

A47L 13/146
Combined with squeezing or wringing devices: having pivoting squeezing plates
A47L 13/258
Plate frames: of adjustable or foldable type
A47L
Domestic washing or cleaning

Family

Application60/057,088Us provisional application · filed 27 Aug 1997
Application09/514,711Parent of this division · filed 28 Feb 2000
US 2003/0101527 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Jun 2003
US 6,854,149 B1Related patent
US 6,785,928 B2This patent

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