Patent ID: 6105193
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
Apparatus for scrubbing and mopping a surface, comprising in combination:a) a supporting carrier including a block, and scrubbing means carried by the carrier, to project toward the surface for scrubbing that surface,b) first means for attaching an elongated handle to the carrier to extend in a first direction from the carrier,c) a manually manipulable structure for adjustably attaching a mop to the carrier with mop strands extending in generally parallel relation with that surface and in mopping contact therewith as the scrubbing means simultaneously engages that surface, for simultaneous mopping and scrubbing of that surface, as the handle extends at an angle to the surface to displace the carrier, scrubbing means and mop parallel to the floor surface, and to transmit downward force to said scrubbing means,d) said structure including a transversely lengthwise extending bar, about which a portion of the mop extends,e) and there being at least one projection on the carrier for engaging the mop to block bodily movement of said mop portion transversely lengthwise of the bar,f) said mop having a head adjustable attached by said bar to the carrier at a first side of the carrier, said head including a strand retainer to be engaged by said projection,g) a handle,h) and including an upward protrusion on a second side of the carrier, the handle attached to said protrusion and spaced from the mop head.