Patent ID: 8943638
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A floor mop, comprising: a handle portion having a length and a width, said length greater than said width; said handle portion having a first end and a second end; a wringer assembly slideably carried along at least a portion of said handle portion length; said wringer assembly adapted to travel a predetermined distance along the length of the handle portion; said wringer assembly having a body portion; said body portion equipped with two opposing wringer arms; each wringer arm joined to said wringer body at a first end and equipped with a carrier plate engagement guide at a second end; each said wringer arm further equipped with a cam surface proximate to carrier plate engagement guide intermediate the first and second wringer arm ends; a carrier center piece attached to the handle portion second end by a universal hinge; said carrier center piece having a body with opposing first and second sides; each of the carrier center piece body first and second sides being equipped with biased hinges and stop plates; and at least two carrier plates having a length and a width; each said carrier plate having a top surface and a bottom surface; each said carrier plate being hingeably attached to said center carrier and biasable substantially perpendicular to said handle portion length; each said carrier plate equipped along said top surface with a wringer arm engagement guide extending substantially along the length of the carrier plate from a proximal end to a distal end; each said wringer arm engagement guide configured to interact with a corresponding carrier plate engagement guide; each wringer arm engagement guide further equipped with a cam surface engagement incline; each said cam surface engagement incline extending from said distal end of each carrier plate in a declining slope along the carrier plate length to a position intermediate the distal end and the proximal end.