Patent ID: 9669434
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A47L,B08B

Claim:
1. A mop comprising: a handle rod defining a central handle rod axis; a mop head connected with the handle rod and including a cleaning element mounting structure, a cleaning element connected with the cleaning element mounting structure, and a standoff extending from the cleaning element mounting structure; and an actuator handle connected with the handle rod and the cleaning element mounting structure and movable with respect to the handle rod for moving the mop head with respect to the handle rod between a use position and a storage position; when the mop head is in the use position a cleaning surface of the cleaning element is nearer to normal to the central handle axis as compared to parallel to the central handle axis, when in the storage position the cleaning surface is nearer to parallel with the central handle axis as compared to normal to the central handle axis and a support surface on the standoff is positioned to offset the cleaning element from a flat horizontal surface upon which the support surface rests.