Patent ID: 7841039
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. In a mop having a handle, the combination comprising: a platen arranged to be attached to the mop handle and defining a platen surface; a cleaning pad having a relatively non-abrasive cleaning surface, the pad overlying and attached to the platen surface for moisture absorbance and for adhering dirt and grit thereto from a surface to be cleaned; a foreign matter scrubbing device having a relatively rough abrasive surface compared to the relatively non-abrasive cleaning surface of said cleaning pad; the scrubbing device being releasably attached by an attachment arrangement to a portion of the relatively non-abrasive surface of the pad such that the cleaning pad with the relatively non-abrasive cleaning region has its non-abrasive cleaning surface region arranged with the abrasive surface to be both exposed to and for simultaneously stroking against and for cleaning the surface to be cleaned.