Patent ID: 7264413
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A mop capable of operating in a plurality of different modes comprising: a handle including an upper end and a lower end; a mop head disposed near the lower end of the handle, wherein said mop head includes a cleaning surface; a plurality of cleaning members comprising a first sponge member, a second dry member, and a third pre-moistened member, wherein each of said first sponge member, said second dry member, and said third pre-moistened member are adapted to be releasably secured to said mop head in a substantially different plane than said cleaning surface; and an actuator adapted to cause compression of a portion of at least one of said plurality of cleaning members, wherein the mop is capable of operating in one of a first mode in which the first sponge member is releasably secured to the mop head and is adapted to clean, a second mode in which the second dry member is releasably secured to the mop head and is adapted to clean, and a third mode in which the third pre-moistened member is releasably secured to the mop head and is adapted to clean.