Patent ID: 6354666
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A46D

Abstract:
An automated process for creating a plurality of individual mop head intermediate units, said process comprising:(a) providing a tufted textile strip, said tufted strip having a face side and a floor side, said face side being substantially flat and said floor side being tufted, said tufted strip further having a lateral dimension and a longitudinal dimension, said longitudinal dimension being greater than said lateral dimension; (b) overlapping the face side of said tufted strip with a series of textile panels, said series comprising at least two panels, each of said textile panels having a lateral dimension that is substantially equal to the lateral dimension of said tufted strip, the longitudinal edges of said panels positioned in coincident relation to the longitudinal edges of said tufted strip; (c) attaching said textile panels to said tufted strip along the longitudinal edges of said tufted strip; (d) laterally cutting said tufted strip into individual tufted strip units in such a way as to divide one of said overlapping textile panels in said series into two sub-panels; and (e) attaching a first sub-panel along one lateral edge of said tufted strip unit to form a first pocket and a second sub-panel along the opposite lateral end of said tufted strip unit to form a second pocket, said pockets being capable of receiving a mop handle assembly.