MOP

• US 20090158542A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Noble Ideas II Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Noble Ideas II Incorporated
• Inventors: Noble, Edward J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,161,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/147.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/24 Frames for mops; Mop heads handles B25G

Abstract

A mop comprising a roller and mop pad system and a roll of absorbent mopping material operably coupled to the roller and mop pad system. The mop enables the user to replace the soiled mopping material with clean mopping material by using the roller system to roll the soiled mopping material away from the mop pad and thus replace the soiled mopping material with clean mopping material from a supply roll.

Claims

1. A mop comprising

an elongate handle,

a roller and pad system coupled to the handled, and

an elongate sheet of mopping material operably coupled to the roller and pad system.

2. The mop of claim 1 where in the roller and pad system comprises a roller pad coupled to the handle, wherein the roller pad is rotatable relative to the handle.

3. The mop of claim 2 wherein the roller pad comprises first and second roller pad positioned along a shaft.

4. The mop of claim 3 wherein the shaft is adjustably coupled to the handle where in the position of the shaft is adjustable up and down along the handle.

5. The mop of claim 2 wherein the roller and pad system further comprises a supply roller and a take up roller.

6. The mop of claim 5 further comprising a locking mechanism coupled to the supply and take up roller.

7. The mop of claim 6 wherein the locking mechanism comprises operably coupled first and second catches operably coupled to the shafts of the supply and take up rollers.

8. The mop of claim 7 wherein the shafts of the supply and take up rollers include one or more flat edges.

9. The mop of claim 7 wherein the shafts of the supply and take up rollers are square, hexagonal or octagonal shape.

10. The mop of claim 7 wherein the locking mechanism includes a spring operably coupled to the first and second catches.

11. The mop of claim 5 wherein the take up roller includes a means for grabbing a leading edge of the sheet of mopping material.

12. The mop of claim 5 further comprising a guide roller positioned between the roller pad and the take up roller.

13. The mop of claim 2 wherein the roller and pad system further comprises first, second and third interconnected rollers.

14. The mop of claim 13 wherein the first and second rollers and second and third rollers are radially interferingly positioned relative to one another.

15. The mop of claim 14 wherein the first, second and third rollers are ribbed or gear shape.

16. The mop of claim 14 further comprising first, second and third gears mounted on the shafts of the first, second and third rollers, wherein the first, second and third gears are operably coupled.

17. The mop of claim 13 further comprising a mopping material holder.

18. A mop comprising

an elongate handle,

a carriage including first and second side supports and a cross bar coupled to the first and second side supports and the handle,

a supply roller coupled to the carriage,

a take up roller coupled to the carriage, and

a roller pad coupled to the handle.

19. The mop of claim 18 further comprising a guide roller coupled to the carriage.

20. A mop comprising

an elongate handle,

a carriage including first and second side supports and a cross bar coupled to the first and second side supports and the handle,

a roller mechanism coupled to the carriage, the roller mechanism comprising three or more operably coupled rollers, and

a mopping material holder coupled to the handle.