Floor cleaner using disposable sheets

• US 5,071,489 A
• Filed: 01/04/1990
• Issued: 12/10/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DowBrands, Inc. (Dow, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dow Brands LP
• Inventors: Wilson, Daniel C., Silvenis, Scott A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris, Theodore
• Assistant Examiner(s): El-Arini, Zeinab
• Application Number:
  US07/461,028
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• Field of Search: 15/228, 15/118, 15/231, 15/144 R, 134/42, 134/26
• US Class Current: 134/42
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/24 Frames for mops; Mop heads handles B25G

Abstract

An apparatus and process are provided to allow floor mopping without a mop bucket. The apparatus comprises a handle pivotally attached to a member with a generally flat lower surface. The lower surface of the member has thereon frictional means which can maintain a pre-moistened fabric sheet between the surface and an area to be cleaned.

Claims

1. A cleaning apparatus comprising:

a handle;

a member pivotally attached to an end of said handle having a generally flat surface, said surface having a frictional means; and

a cleaning fabric having free edges frictionally maintained between said surface and an area to be cleaned.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said frictional means is a plurality of bristles.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said cleaning fabric is a premoistened fabric.

3. A process of cleaning a generally flat area comprising the steps of:

providing a cleaning apparatus comprising;

a handle; and

a member pivotally attached to an end of said handle having a generally flat surface, said surface having a frictional means;

providing a cleaning fabric having free edges;

positioning said fabric between said surface and said area to be cleaned while retaining said edges in a free state; and

moving said handle and thus said fabric in a cleaning motion over the area to be cleaned,

whereby the fabric is maintained between said surface and said area due to the frictional means having a higher coefficient of friction than said area, thereby cleaning the area.

5. The process accordingly to claim 3 wherein said cleaning fabric is premoistened prior to said step of positioning.