Patent ID: 6810554
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A refill for a mop of the type having a mop head with a lower surface and an opposed upper surface interconnected by a leading and a trailing edge, the mop head having gripping means provided on the upper surface for retaining a cleaning sheet on the mop head, the refill comprising:a base layer having a front edge and an opposed rear edge with a midportion therebetween, the base layer configured to be wrapped about the mop head with the midportion adjacent the lower surface of the mop head and the front and rear edges wrapping onto the upper surface of the mop head so as to be retained by the gripping means; and a plurality of cleaning sheets, each removably supported on the midportion of the base layer in a stacked configuration, each of the sheets having an outward face for cleaning and an opposed inward face, the outward face of each of the sheets configured for contacting a surface to be cleaned and thereby becoming soiled, whereby when the outward face of the outermost sheet becomes soiled, the sheet may be peeled away to exposed a non-soiled sheet; each of the cleaning sheets having a front edge portion and a rear edge portion with a midportion therebetween, the edge portions being disposed at least partially on the upper surface of the mop head when the refill is disposed thereon, the front edge portions of each of the cleaning sheets being bonded to each other and the rear edge portions of each of the cleaning sheets being bonded to each other to hold the cleaning sheets in the stacked configuration, the midportions of the cleaning sheets not being bonded to one another.