Patent ID: 6487746
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A sponge mop (10) comprising:A) a shaft (12); B) a mop head (14) movably connected to the shaft (12) by a mop head hinge (14A), the mop head (14) further comprises a left mop head (14L) securely connected to a left side of the mop head hinge (14A) extending outwardly therefrom and a right mop head (14R) securely connected to a right side of the mop head hinge (14A) extending outwardly therefrom, the left mop head (14L) comprises a hollow left mop head housing (14LA) securely affixed on a top surface thereof, the right mop head (14R) comprises a hollow right mop head housing (14RA) securely affixed on a top surface thereof; C) a flexible sponge (16) having a sponge body (16A) is removably securely affixed to the mop head (14), the sponge (16) comprises a sponge left base plate (16L) removably securely affixed to a bottom surface of the left mop head (14L) and a sponge right base plate (16R) removably securely affixed to a bottom surface of the right mop head (14R), the sponge (16) further comprises a sponge left outer plate (16LA) positioned on a left distal end of a top surface of the sponge body (16A) adjacent to the sponge left base plate (16L) and a sponge right outer plate (16RA) positioned on a right distal end of a top surface of the sponge body (16A) adjacent to the sponge right base plate (16R); D) a squeegee (18) having a squeegee slider (18A) movably mounted around the shaft (12), the squeegee (18) further comprises a squeegee left lever (18L) hingably affixed at a top distal end to a bottom left end of the squeegee slider (18A) and hingably affixed at a bottom distal end to a rigid squeegee left lever slide (18LA) having a squeegee left lever slide flexible member (18LAA) extending outwardly therefrom, the squeegee left lever slide (18LA) is movably mounted within the left mop head housing (14LA), the squeegee (18) further comprises a squeegee right lever (18R) hingably affixed at a top distal end to a bottom right end of the squeegee slider (18A) and hingably affixed at a bottom distal end to a rigid squeegee right lever slide (18RA) having a squeegee right lever slide flexible member (18RAA) extending outwardly therefrom, the squeegee right lever slide (18RA) is movably mounted within the right mop head housing (14RA).