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US 7,739,770 B2Granted
Handy mop
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Tanaka, Masaho Hayashi, Toshihiko Uenishi
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Abstract
Disclosed is a handy mop including a mop body for collecting dust and a handle to which the mop body is to be attached. The mop body is provided with two gaps (b) extending in parallel for attachment of the handle thereto. The handle is provided with an attachment portion and a gripper extending rearwardly upwardly from a root end of the attachment portion. The attachment portion is bifurcated at the root end to provide two insert plates, which are flat and level, and are to be inserted into the gaps (b) of the mop body for use.
Claims13
A handy mop comprising:
- a mop body including a first fabric component and a second fabric component stacked on said first fabric component and adhered thereto at three parallel joints, said three parallel joints comprising two outside joints and one middle joint located in between said two outside joints;
- two parallel gaps provided side by side on an upper side of said mop body, one of said two gaps being defined by one of said two outside joints and said middle joint, the other of said two gaps being defined by the other of said two outside joints and said middle joint, and
- a handle to which said mop body is to be attached, said handle being provided with an attachment portion to which said mop body is to be attached and a gripper extending rearwardly upwardly from said attachment portion,
- said attachment portion being formed to have:
- two flat flexible insert plates adapted to be inserted into said two gaps of said mop body, respectively, said insert plates extending in a direction from a base end of said attachment portion and having top surfaces flush with each other;
- and
- a clamping plate provided between said two insert plates, extending in the same direction as said two insert plates from said base end of said attachment portion, said clamping plate extending shorter than said insert plates, the clamping plate having a bottom surface located below said top surfaces of said two insert plates,
- wherein when said insert plates are inserted into said gaps, said bottom surface of said clamping plate lies on said middle joint of said mop body;
- said two flat flexible insert plates extend through a portion of said two gaps distally positioned away from said clamping plate, and said two flexible insert plates come into contact with said distally positioned portion of said two gaps in said portion at said outside joints,
- wherein said contact causes said two flat flexible insert plates to exert a resilient force directed outwardly toward said outside joints.
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A handy mop comprising:
- a mop body having two gaps substantially parallel to each other;
- and
- a handle having an attachment portion to which the mop body is to be attached, and a gripper extending from a base end portion of the attachment portion, wherein
- the attachment portion is formed with a pair of flexible insert plates extending from the base end portion to be inserted into the two gaps of the mop body, respectively, and
- at least one of the pair of flexible insert plates has at least two protrusions provided along a longitudinal direction of the insert plates, adapted to be accommodated in one of the two gaps into which the at least one of the pair of flexible insert plates is inserted with said at least two protrusions being adapted to protrude toward an outside joint positioned at a lateral edge of the one gap, and the at least one of the pair of the flexible insert plates has an increased cross-sectional area in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the insert plates at a location of at least one of the protrusions;
- and wherein,
- the protrusions are formed on outer edges of the at least one of the pair of flexible insert plates, and
- the pair of flexible insert plates have a first pair of the protrusions to provide a first expanded width of the attachment portion near a distal end of the attachment portion, and a second pair of the protrusions to provide a second expanded width of the attachment portion near the base end portion of the attachment portion, and
- the first expanded width of the attachment portion is substantially same as the second expanded width of the attachment portion, and
- the gaps of the mop body are defined between joints where components of the mop body are adhered to each other, and
- the joints are bulged convexly outwardly or interrupted at locations corresponding to the protrusions to thereby form widened regions in the gaps for receiving the protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.