Mop handle grip and thumb trigger mechanism
AssigneeRubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
InventorsAlfred Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Robert Lauer, Mark Allen Hoyle
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Abstract
A mop comprises a mop head and a handle connected to the mop head at a pivot. The mop head and handle have a front and a back. A fluid reservoir for spraying a fluid at the front of the mop head. A trigger is disposed on the handle remote from the mop head, where the trigger controls the spraying of the fluid from the reservoir. The trigger is movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position where the trigger moves toward the back as it moves from the non-actuated position to the actuated position. A method of using the mop is also provided.
Claims20
A mop comprising:
- a mop head defining a first side and a second side and a handle connected to the mop head, said mop head and handle defining a front and a rear of the mop;
- a fluid reservoir mounted on the mop and a nozzle operatively connected to the fluid reservoir and oriented for spraying a fluid from the fluid reservoir toward the first side of the mop head, the first side of the mop head defining the front of the mop and the second side of the mop head defining the rear of the mop;
- a trigger movably disposed on the handle remote from the mop head, said trigger controlling the spraying of the fluid from the reservoir and movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position, said trigger being thumb-operated and being accessed from the front of the mop and moving toward the rear of the mop as the trigger moves from the non-actuated position to the actuated position.
A method of using a mop comprising:
- providing a mop comprising:
- a mop head defining a first side and a second side and a handle connected to the mop head at a pivot, said mop head and handle defining a front and a rear of the mop;
- a fluid reservoir for spraying a fluid from the fluid reservoir toward the first side of the mop head, the first side of the mop head defining front of the mop and the second side of the mop head defining the rear of the mop;
- a trigger disposed on the handle remote from the mop head, said trigger controlling the spraying of the fluid and movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position, said trigger moving toward the rear of the mop as the trigger moves from the non-actuated position to the actuated position;
- standing in front of the mop and pulling the front of the mop toward the user as the user walks backward;
- gripping the handle with an overhand grip where the handle is in the palm of a user's hand with fingers of the user's hand facing towards the rear of the mop and a thumb facing upward;
- using the thumb to move the trigger toward the rear of the mop.
A mop comprising:
- a mop head defining a first side and a second side and a handle connected to the mop head, said mop head and handle defining a front and a rear of the mop;
- a fluid reservoir mounted on the mop and a nozzle operatively connected to the fluid reservoir and oriented for spraying a fluid from the fluid reservoir toward the first side of the mop head, the first side of the mop head defining the front of the mop head and the second side of the mop head defining the rear of the mop;
- a trigger movably disposed on the handle remote from the mop head, said trigger controlling the spraying of the fluid from the reservoir and movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position, said trigger moving toward the rear of the mop as the trigger moves from the non-actuated position to the actuated position and a hand grip positioned on the handle below the trigger and being disposed such that the hand grip may be gripped by four fingers of a hand while the thumb of the same hand moves the trigger from the non-actuated position to the actuated position.
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