Patent ID: 7694382
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A floor cleaning tool, comprising: a vacuum chamber having a fluid intake end, and a fluid exhaust end, and wherein the vacuum chamber is rotationally molded from a thermoplastic material as a single piece; a coupling member having a length dimension, and further defining a fluid passageway therethrough, and which is integrally coupled to the fluid intake end of the vacuum chamber, and wherein the coupling member further defines a pair of tenons which extend along the entire length dimension of the coupling member, and wherein the coupling member further includes a first portion which is spaced from the vacuum chamber, and a second portion which is made integral, at least in part, with the fluid intake end of the vacuum chamber, and a plurality of anchoring members are made integral with the second portion, and which further extend in the direction of the vacuum chamber, and wherein the respective anchoring members are embedded within the molded thermoplastic material; and a floor engagement member having a length dimension, and which further defines a plurality of inlet ports, and also defines a mortise which extends along the entire length dimension of the floor engagement member, and wherein the floor engagement member is releasably secured to the coupling member by the mortise and tenon.