Mop for cleaning and polishing floors and other surfaces

• US 5,115,535 A
• Filed: 09/15/1989
• Issued: 05/26/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vileda GmbH (Freudenberg & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Vileda GmbH (Freudenberg & Company KG)
• Inventors: Fita Valentin, Eduardo, Casademunt Ferre, Jose M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hornsby, Harvey C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Haugland, Scott J.
• Application Number:
  US07/407,894
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 15/145, 15/223, 15/229.3, 15/229.4, 15/229.7, 15/229.8, 15/114, 15/115, 15/210 R, 15/228, 15/220 R, 15/229.1, 15/231, 15/232, 15/209 R , 15/226, 15/227
• US Class Current: 15/229.7
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops

Abstract

A mop for simultaneous scrubbing and polishing floors and other surfaces comprised of an upper and lower bonded-fiber sections. The upper section comprises, a plurality of joined bonded-fiber fabric layers which diminish in size from top to bottom, and each layer having fringes cut in the outer edges thereof. The bottom section is free of fringes and comprises a plurality equal-sized bonded-fiber fabric layers, which, are smaller, however, than the layers of the upper section. The uppermost bonded-fiber fabric layer in the upper section has a central opening and a pair of opposing pockets, into which a stiff mounting support is inserted, and the mounting support being of substantially the same size and shape as the lower section and aligned therewith when positioned in the pockets.

Claims

1. A mop for mounting on a stiff mounting support and simultaneous cleaning and polishing, comprising:

a lower section;

an upper section joined to said lower-section;

said lower section comprising a plurality of joined fabric layers of substantially the same size and shape;

said upper section comprising a plurality of joined fabric layers including a bottom layer and top layer, said fabric layers having substantially the same shape, arranged in a stack and sized so that said stack tapers outwardly from said bottom layer to said top layer, and the fabric layers of the upper section being larger than those of the lower section;

the fabric layers of the upper section further including an adjacent layer joined to said layer so that a pocket is formed therebetween for engaging and aligning a stiff mounting support of substantially the same size and shape as said lower section; and

an opening in said adjacent layer for inserting said mounting support into said pocket.

2. The mop of claim 1, wherein

said upper section includes four fabric layers each having fringed edges;

and

said lower section includes two layers; and

further includes seams for joining the layers together.

3. The mop of claim 2, wherein the mop shape is rectangular having rounded corners.

4. The mop of claim 2, wherein said seams include a seam that runs along a central longitudinal axis of the stack and joins all layers except the adjacent layer.

5. The mop of claim 4, wherein said seams include a plurality of seams lying side-by-side running around said opening and said pocket in an oval pattern connecting the top and adjacent fabric layers to each other.

6. The mop of claim 4, wherein said pocket is formed between said top and adjacent and the seam connecting them is a separate seam.

7. The mop of claim 4 wherein a central portion of said adjacent layer is cut and folded into said pocket to form said opening.

8. The mop of claim 2, wherein said pocket is formed between said top and adjacent layers by a separate seam.

9. The mop of claim 2, wherein a central portion of said adjacent layer is cut and folded into said pocket to form said opening.

10. The mop of claim 1, wherein said pocket is formed between said top and adjacent layers by a separate seam.

11. The mop of claim 1, wherein a central portion of said adjacent layer is cut and folded into said pocket to form said opening.