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US 7,124,464 B2Granted
Scrubbing device attachable to a mop
AssigneeTodd A. Williams
InventorsTodd A. Williams, Paul B. Specht
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Abstract
A method of providing a mop with surface scrubbing capability, that includes providing a surface scrubbing attachment device, and attaching the device to the mop for scrubbing presentation to the surface.
Claims31
The method of providing a mop with surface scrubbing capability, that includes:
- a) providing a surface scrubbing attachment device, and
- b) attaching said device to the mop for scrubbing presentation to the surface to be scrubbed,
- c) and wherein the mop has a head and also has a handle, and including manipulating said handle to exert force that clamps the attachment device to the mop at or proximate the mop head,
- d) and wherein said device is provided in the form of a sheet or sheets that in cross-section define a stiffened bend, wherein a first portion of the sheet defines or carries a floor scrubber, and a second portion of the sheet or sheets defines a tongue extending at an angle to said first portion, the tongue configured to receive said clamping force, the first portion of the sheet configured to extend adjacent mop strands, there being a hinge integral with the first portion of the sheet and located between the stiffened bend and the floor scrubber.
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Apparatus for providing a mop with surface scrubbing capability, comprising in combination:
- a) a surface scrubbing device,
- b) said device having an attachment for rigid connection to the mop,
- c) and including said mop which has a head and a handle, said attachment clamped to the mop at or near the mop head, by force exerted via the mop handle,
- d) and wherein said device has the form of a sheet or sheets that in cross-section define a stiffened bend, whereby a first portion of the sheet defines or carries a floor scrubber, and a second portion of the sheet or sheets defines a tongue extending at an angle to said first portion, the tongue configured to receive said clamping force, the first portion of the sheet configured to extend adjacent mop strands, there being a hinge integral with the first portion of the sheet and located between the stiffened bend and the floor scrubber.
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Apparatus for providing a mop with surface scrubbing capability, comprising in combination:
- a) a surface scrubbing device,
- b) said device having an attachment for rigid connection to the mop,
- c) and including said mop which has a head and a handle, said attachment clamped to the mop at or near the mop head, by force exerted via the mop handle,
- d) the attachment including a tongue clamped in position between the mop handle and the mop head,
- e) there being a section carrying scrubbing elements, said section having hinged operative connection to said tongue,
- f) wherein said hinged operative connection includes a living hinge,
- g) said section having a stiffened corner between said living hinge and said tongue.
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A mop and scrubber carrier comprising
- a) a mop with a handle,
- b) a scrubber carrier attachable to the mop, said carrier having two sections connected together at a stiffened corner,
- c) said carrier having two through holes of two different cross sectional areas, associated with one section to register with mop handle structure,
- c) said holes selectable to enable use of a different size mop handle structures,
- d) a scrubber attached to said carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.