US 7,607,191 B2Granted

Adjustable-size mop head and selectable-size cleaning substrate

AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

InventorsCameron Ray Morris, Stephanie Ann Rossignol, George Nukuto, Denis R. Grimard, Carl G. Rippl, MeeWha Lee, Paul Woon, Russell J. Kroll, Mark Londborg, Robert Henshaw, Kiran K. Reddy, Thomas Glenn Merrill, Jose Ricardo Rubio-Flores, Jr., Dennis Y. Lee, Nathan P. Hendon

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Abstract

An adjustable-size mop head assembly that may be used with a handle and a disposable cleaning substrate is disclosed. The mop head assembly includes a central frame section with a central portion and a lower substrate support surface configured to hold a disposable cleaning substrate. The mop head assembly also includes at least one adjunct frame section configured to be operably coupled to the central frame section and configured to move between a stored configuration, where the adjunct frame section is stored by the central frame section, and an extended configuration where the adjunct frame section extends from the central frame section to add width to the central frame section and the lower substrate support surfaces. A continuous web of disposable cleaning substrate that may be used with the adjustable-size mop head assembly is also disclosed. The continuous web of disposable cleaning substrate includes lines of weakness at regular intervals configured such that various widths of cleaning substrate are removable via the lines of weakness.

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Dependent claims

A mop head assembly, adapted for use with a handle and a disposable cleaning substrate, the mop head assembly comprising:

a central frame section comprising a front edge, a back edge extending across the width of the central frame section, a pair of opposing ends extending across the depth of the central frame section between the front edge and the back edge, a central portion, and a lower substrate support surface;
a head mount positioned between the opposing ends of the central frame section, the head mount comprising a socket mount configured to releaseably couple the head mount with a mop handle;
and
at least one adjunct frame section configured to be operably coupled to the central frame section;
and
a biasing means,
wherein the adjunct frame section is configured to move between a stored configuration, wherein the adjunct frame section is stored by the central frame section, and an extended configuration, wherein the adjunct frame section extends from the central frame section to add width to the central frame section and to the lower substrate support surface,
wherein the adjunct section comprises a telescoping section contained within the central frame section and configured to be pulled out from the end of the central frame section, and
wherein the biasing means is configured to provide a continuous lower substrate support surface at the interface of the central frame section and the adjunct frame section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.