Patent ID: 7513956
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: A47L,B62B

Abstract:
1. A method for cleaning floors, comprising: providing a container of generally rectangular configuration defining a mop cloth compartment, said container having a generally rectangular bottom wall of defined dimension and tapered side and end walls and an upper sealing rim of greater dimension than said defined dimension and having a removable cover defining a seal recess containing a sealing member establishing liquid tight sealing with said upper sealing rim providing a mobile floor service trolley defining at least one container receptacle and having a soiled mop cloth receptacle; placing within the mop cloth compartment a stack of clean generally rectangular mop cloths and a measured quantity of floor cleaning solution and positioning said cover in sealed relation with said upper sealing rim of said container; inverting the sealed container for a sufficient period of time for even saturation of the stack of generally rectangular mop cloths by the floor cleaning solution; positioning the sealed container upright and in support by the container receptacle and moving the mobile floor service trolley to a site for floor cleaning; removing the cover from the sealed container and removing individual pre-saturated mop cloths one at a time from the stack of generally rectangular mop cloths within the mop cloth compartment of the sealed container and conducting floor cleaning with the pre-saturated mop cloths releasably attached to a mop head and depositing soiled mop cloths in the soiled mop cloth receptacle; transporting the soiled mop cloth receptacle and the soiled mop cloths contained therein to a laundry facility and cleaning the soiled mop cloths to prepare them for reuse upon removal of all of the clean and pre-saturated mop cloths from the mop cloth container replacing the empty mop container with another container of pre-saturated mop cloths and returning the empty mop cloth container to the laundry facility for refilling thereof with clean mop clothes; and pre-saturating the clean mop cloths by adding cleaning solution and a stack of clean mop cloths to the mop cloth container, placing said cover with said seal in sealed relation with the rim of the container and inverting the container of mop cloths for even saturation of the mop cloths over a period of time by action of osmosis.