Mop cover

• US 9,198,555 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2006
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Original Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
• Inventors: Lindholm, Keijo, Tannijrvi, Ulla
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Monica
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERRY, STEPHANIE R
• Application Number:
  US11/908,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20080169052A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,602 Days
• Field of Search: 152/28, 152/47
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/24 Frames for mops; Mop heads handles B25G
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/254 Plate frames
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/255 for mops of textile fringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/256 for mops made of cloth
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/258 of adjustable or foldable type

Abstract

The invention relates to a mop cover (1) for a cleaning device. Said mop cover comprises at least two layers (2, 3) that are interlinked in a manner so as to configure a pouch-type mop cover (1) having an insertion end (4). The layers (2, 3), on their faces (5, 6) facing away from each other, configure a wiping surface and the insertion end (4) can be permanently closed in some sections.

Claims

1. A mop system comprising:

a cleaning device including a mop plate having an elongated shape and opposing first and second surfaces and being constructed such that at least a portion thereof is flexibly movable in a longitudinal direction,

a handle connected to the mop plate by a joint, the joint disposed closer to an edge of the mop plate than to a center of the mop plate such that the mop plate is pivotable about the handle to present the first or second opposing surfaces in a direction towards a floor to be cleaned; and

a mop cover comprising two layers having a trapezoidal shape, the two layers being connected to each other in such a way that they configure a pouch-type mop cover, the layers each having a multilateral configuration with the layers connected to each other at a plurality of side edges via side seams so as to define an interior space for receiving the mop plate and one longitudinal side edge forming an insertion end through which the mop plate of the cleaning device is insertable into the interior space,

wherein each layer has an outward facing surface that is configured as a wiping surface and is arrangeable over a respective one of the opposing first and second surfaces of the mop plate,

wherein the layers are connected to each other in such a way that partial sections of the insertion end starting at each respective corner of the insertion end is closed via partial section seams with the interior space extending along an inner side of each of the partial section seams along the length of the insertion end such that the partial section seams define undercut portions into which the mop plate is insertable and engageable when the mop cover is arranged thereon with the partial section starting at one of the respective corners of the insertion end being longer than the other partial section,

wherein the partial sections are present in the connected layers prior to arrangement of the mop cover on a cleaning device and with the two layers in a non-expanded condition.

2. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein the layers are configured to be quadrilateral, and in that the layers are connected to each other at three side edges, and one side edge forms the insertion end.

3. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein a loop is arranged at one corner.

4. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein a loop is arranged at the corner that is associated with the shorter partial section.

5. Mop system according to claim 3, wherein the mop cover presents a color coding.

6. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the layers presents a cutout that is open towards the insertion end, said cutout accommodating a clearance to the joint such that the handle can pivot freely with respect to the mop plate.

7. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein the layers are different from each other.

8. Mop system according to claim 1, wherein the mop cover is elastically expandable along an elastomer material strip portion thereof.