Patent ID: 9204776
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A47L,B08B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose mop apparatus comprising: a mop handle having a base and a grip installed thereon for manipulating the mop apparatus during use, the grip being formed with opposite holes formed on respective outside surfaces of the grip so as to be substantially opposite and outwardly-opening, the grip being further formed with opposite guiding channels so as to intersect the respective holes; a cleaning attachment removably mounted on the base; and an extension handle selectively and removably attached to the mop handle, the extension handle having a lengthwise gripping rod and a pair of legs extending from an end of the rod and formed at the distal ends thereof with tines configured for seating in the holes formed in the grip, the tines being configured to be substantially inwardly-projecting so as to flexibly engage the respective opposite holes and thereby secure the extension handle on the mop handle, the channels serving to cooperate in guiding the inwardly-projecting tines into the holes, the tines being further formed so as to span the grip, whereby the extension handle is pivotable relative to the mop handle through at least approximately a full one-hundred-eighty-degree arc, the legs being further formed with intermediate bends, whereby in a first operable configuration with the bends in the legs substantially toward the grip, the extension handle is pivoted away from the grip in a first mode of operation and the extension handle is pivoted toward the grip such that the legs are brought substantially adjacent to the grip in a second mode of operation, thereby enabling simultaneous grasping of the grip and at least one of the legs of the extension handle for manipulation of the mop apparatus through the grip without removal of the extension handle.