Cleaning attachment for converting a cleaning implement to a mop

• US 6,745,434 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2001
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leupold & Stevens Incorporated, Watch Hill Harbor Technologies
• Original Assignee: Watch Hill Harbor Technologies
• Inventors: Smith, Hertha, Smith, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Warden, Sr., Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE
• Application Number:
  US09/917,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20030019065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 151/049.3, 151/049.4, 152/47, 152/28, 152/101, D32/50
• US Class Current: 16/247
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0055 Brushes combined with other articles normally separate from the brushing process, e.g. combs, razors, mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/302 Broom
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement

Abstract

A cleaning attachment for converting a cleaning implement, such as a broom, to a mop includes a flexible cover having end sections interconnected by a central section. Fastening structure secures the end sections together to create an enclosure for the broom head. Reusable mounting structure is provided on the exposed lower outer surface of the central section for engagement with a wipe.

Claims

1. A cleaning attachment for converting a cleaning implement to a mop, comprising a flexible cover, said cover in its flat unassembled condition having a first end and a second end, a continuous intermediate section between said first end and said second end, said second end being bifurcated to create a pair of spaced outwardly extending flaps with an open area between said flaps, said cover having an inner surface and an outer surface, said intermediate section including a central section between said first end and said second end, fastening structure on said inner surface of said flaps, complementary fastening structure on said outer surface of said first end, reusable mounting structure on said outer surface of said cover, said fastening structure and said complementary fastening structure being located for engagement when said cover is folded around a cleaning head of a cleaning implement to form a closed loop around the cleaning head with said flaps being outwardly of and secured to said first end whereby said open area between said flaps is adapted to accommodate a handle extending outwardly from the cleaning head, said loop having a top and a bottom, and said central section being at said bottom of said loop remote from said secured first end and flaps at said top of said loop with said reusable mounting structure exposed at said outer surface to detachably mount a detached wipe at said bottom of said loop below the cleaning head to convert the cleaning implement to a mop and to detachably remove the wipe after use whereby a different wipe may be selectively mounted to said outer surface.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said central section is flat.

3. The assembly of claim 1 in combination with a wipe, and said wipe extending across said central section at said bottom of said loop when said wipe is attached to said central section, and said central section and said reusable mounting structure of said central section being exposed when said wipe is detached.

4. The assembly of claim 3 in further combination with a cleaning implement having a cleaning head and a handle, and said cover being wrapped around said head.

5. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said reusable mounting structure comprises hook members.

6. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said wipe is made of needle punched material.

7. The assembly of claim 3 in combination with sets of wet and dry wipes.

8. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said cleaning implement is a plastic bristled broom having its bristles cut at an angle.

9. The assembly of claim 4 wherein portions of said end sections are folded against said central section whereby said central section is of an area larger than the area at the bottom of said cleaning head.

10. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said cover forms an open sided cover around said cleaning head.

11. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said wipe has complementary mounting structure for engagement with said reusable mounting structure, said reusable mounting structure being at said central section, and said complementary mounting structure being removed with said wipe when said wipe is detached.

12. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said cover is impregnated with a cleaning composition.

13. The attachment of claim 1 wherein said reusable mounting structure comprises hook members.

14. The assembly of claim 13 wherein said wipe has loop structure engaged by said hook members.

15. The attachment of claim 1 wherein said intermediate section includes fold portions folded against said central section.

16. The attachment of claim 1 wherein said cover is impregnated with a cleaning composition.