Patent ID: 6327740
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A laundry sink attachment for wringing mops for allowing a wet mop to be easily wrung so as not to be required to lift a mop bucket to empty, whereby the laundry sink includes an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls, the attachment comprising, in combination:a pair of side brackets adapted for securement to the opposed side walls of the laundry sink, the pair of side brackets each including an interior and an exterior T-shaped plate, the interior plate being positionable on an inner surface of the side wall of the laundry sink, the exterior plate being positionable on an outer surface of the side wall of the laundry sink, the exterior plate having a pair of thumb screws extending inwardly thereof for engaging the opposed side wall in a secured orientation, the interior plates each having lateral channels formed therein; anda wringer portion secured between the pair of side brackets, the wringer portion including a fixed wringer and a slidable wringer, the fixed wringer and the slidable wringer each being comprised of a rectangular plate having a plurality of apertures therethrough, the rectangular plate having a pair of side tabs extending outwardly from side edges thereof for being received within the lateral channels of the interior plates of the side brackets, the slidable wringer including a handle member secured thereto to allow the slidable wringer to move inwardly against the fixed wringer.