Patent ID: 6685274
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a mop swab for use with a mop of the type having an elongate handle with distal and proximal ends, and a sleeve slidingly and rotatably disposed on the handle, the method comprising the steps of:providing at least one continuous, generally planar sheet of suitably absorbent mop material having opposing lateral edges; forming a plurality of bounded openings in said at least one sheet of absorbent material, said bounded openings arranged discontinuously in at least first and second directions to define an absorbent surface characterized by a network of seamlessly interconnected absorbent regions of said sheet; and joining opposing lateral edges of said at least one sheet of absorbent material to thereby define a mop swab with a continuous circumferential surface and opposite first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being connectable to one or the other of the handle and sleeve.