Patent ID: 6446299
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A hand held cleaning device for cleaning a surface comprising:a first compressible and absorbent cleaning element having a top, bottom, leading end and trailing end; a frame having a bottom surface for receiving the top of the first cleaning element and a top surface generally opposite the bottom surface; an elongated handle having a longitudinal axis and opposite top and bottom ends, the bottom end connected to the top surface of the frame; actuating means connected to the elongated handle for limited lateral movement toward the top and bottom ends of the elongated handle; a lever mechanism having first and second ends, the first end operatively connected to the actuating means and the second end pivotally connected to the bottom end of the handle; a moveable frame having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the trailing edge connected to the lever mechanism; compression means mounted to the leading edge of the moveable frame for progressively wringing absorbed fluid from the first cleaning element, the compression means disposed so that upon longitudinal activation of the actuating means toward the bottom end, the leading edge and the compression means progressively rolls over the trailing end of the first cleaning element toward the leading end of the first cleaning element and progressively compresses the first cleaning element from the trailing end to the leading end against the frame; a second cleaning element secured to the moveable frame, the moveable frame disposed relative to the elongated handle so that when in a first position it does not interfere with the first cleaning element contacting the surface, and when in a second position it is disposed between the first cleaning element and the surface and the second cleaning element contacts the surface.