Patent ID: 6038726
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A floor wiper construction for cleaning the surface of a floor wherein the wiper construction comprises:a slipper unit including a slipper member dimensioned to engage a user's foot and provided with a sole portion;a wiper unit including compressible cleaning material affixed to and depending downwardly from the sole portion of the slipper member; wherein the compressible cleaning material comprises a plurality of looped mop strands; anda friction gripping unit including a plurality of friction members affixed to and depending downwardly from the sole portion of the slipper member, wherein an uncompressed length of the compressible cleaning material is longer than the length of said friction members, and a compressed length of the compressible cleaning material is equal to the length of the friction members, and wherein the plurality of friction members comprise cleat elements disposed at spaced locations on the sole portion of the slipper member.