Patent ID: 11857139
Assignee: IROBOT CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A mobile cleaning robot comprising:
a body;
a pair of drive wheels operable to move the mobile cleaning robot in an environment;
a pair of wheel stops movable with respect to the body and the drive wheels between a stop position and a release position, the wheel stops engageable with respective drive wheels in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body;
a pad assembly connected to the body and movable relative to the body between a stored position and a mopping position;
a gear assembly connected to the wheel stop, the gear assembly operable to translate the wheel stop with respect to the wheel in response to rotational input, and the gear assembly includes a timing mechanism to move the wheel stop at a desired position of the pad assembly; and
a drive system operable to operate the gear assembly, the drive system connected to the pad assembly and operable to move the pad assembly between the stored position and the mopping position.