MULTI-PURPOSE CLEANING IMPLEMENT

• US 3,795,933 A
• Filed: 06/26/1972
• Issued: 03/12/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George E. Seufert
• Original Assignee: George E. Seufert
• Inventors: Seufert, George E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blum, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US05/266,152
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 15/111,114,115,116A,117,121,148,244A,247 401/18,23-27
• US Class Current: 15/114
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/12 Implements with several different treating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/257 for mops made of sponge material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32336 Engaging notch or recess in outer periphery of component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32459 Retainer extends through aligned recesses

Abstract

A multi-purpose cleaning implement includes a base member supporting a sponge mop type work head and an auxiliary implement such as a brush, squeegee, scraper, spreader or similar implement. A rod handle is attached to the base by an adjustable attachment mechanism. The sponge mop type work head is releasably secured to the base member and a slip-on cover may be secured over the work head for polishing and similar operations. The slip-on cover includes a lamb'"'"''"'"'s wool, foamed plastic or similar working surface. The base further includes structure for housing the auxiliary implement in an out-of-the-way position. The adjusting mechanism includes a latch bolt engagable in slots in a strike plate with a latch pull or trigger mechanism.

Claims

1. In a multi-purpose cleaning tool comprising a base member having a handle rod thereon, the improvement comprising:

a pair of opposed spaced parallel plate members defining a generally rectangular base member having upper and lower faces and opposed front and rear longitudinal edges, a plurality of longitudinally extending web members intermediate said plates, one of said web members being spaced inwardly of and parallel to the front longitudinal edges of said plates and defining therewith a front channel in said base member, opposed inturned longitudinally extending flange means on the front longitudinal edges of said upper and lower plates, opposed parallel inwardly directed longitudinal rib means on the inner faces of said plates intermediate said edge flanges and said one web for dividing said channel into front and rear sections, a sponge-type workhead having attachment means thereon, means on the lower face of said base member for releasably engaging the attachment means on said workhead for releasably securing said workhead to said lower face, an auxiliary work implement tool including an elongated body block adapted to be received in the forward section of said channel with the tool extending outwardly between said plate flanges, said auxiliary tool body block being adapted to be reversed and inserted into said forward section of said channel with the tool portion thereof extending inwardly into the second section of said channel in protected relation with respect to said plates.

2. A multi-purpose cleaning tool as defined in claim 1 wherein the improvements further include a handle rod mounting means secured to said base member adjacent the rear longitudinal edges thereof and with the upper face of said base member substantially unencumbered, and means adjustably securing said handle rod to said mounting means for adjustably positioning said handle rod at a selected angle with respect to the upper and lower faces of said base member whereby said base member may be selectively positioned to facilitate the use of said work head and said auxiliary tool.