Patent ID: 6487745
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A cleaning implement comprising:a shaft having an operating end and a cleaning end; a plate having a shaft side and a cleaning side and being pivotally connected to said shaft at said cleaning end and movable over a range of travel between a wringing position and non-wringing positions, said plate being connected to said shaft via a universal joint which allows pivotal movement of said plate relative to said shaft in two directions perpendicular to the axis of said shaft, said plate further having a toe portion and a major portion, said toe portion being hingedly connected to said major portion; a liquid absorbent member disposed on the cleaning side of said plate; and a wringing mechanism including a wringing handle disposed on shaft and being movable with respect thereto; said wringing mechanism including: a roller connected to said wringing handle and covering said plate and compressing said liquid absorbent member to said plate, said wringing mechanism including a pair of tension rods connecting said roller to said wringing handle, each of said rods terminating in a bent portion, the bent portions forming a journal for said roller.