Patent ID: 7334285
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: A46B,A47L

Abstract:
1. An attachment mechanism to retain a cleaning implement attachment on a wringer mop including a head having a front surface made of metal and a pair of rollers to wring water from a sponge, the attachment mechanism comprising: a. said front surface made of metal having an opening through its surface and a pair of oppositely disposed spaced apart parallel wings adjacent its lower end, each of the wings having an opening, the opening of the wings aligned with each other; b. one of said rollers comprised of three sections, a first section, a central section and a third section, each of the rollers having a centrally disposed longitudinal opening through which a central rod is inserted; c. an adapter comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, a top apex end, a tab means formed into the lower surface at the location of the apex end, the tab means spaced apart from the lower surface so that a gap exists between the tab means and the lower surface, the tab means extending away from the apex end of the adapter, the adapter further comprising a pair of oppositely disposed spaced apart parallel wings adjacent its lower end, each of the wings having an opening, the openings of the wings aligned with each other; d. the adapter retained on the front surface of the metal adapter by having the tab means inserted into the opening of the front surface made of metal so that a portion of the thickness of the front surface resets within the gap, the wings of the adapter aligned with the wings of the front surface so that their respective openings are aligned, the rod of the three sections roller inserted through the openings so that the first section of the roller is adjacent one side of a wing of the metal front surface, the central section of the roller rests between the wings of the adapter, and the third section of the roller is adjacent one side of the opposite wing of the metal front surface; e. a receiving member formed into the upper surface of the adapter, the receiving member further comprising a first “L” shaped wall having a first sidewall attached to the upper surface of the adapter at one end and terminating in a first transverse wall at its other end, the first sidewall having first and second transverse ends and the first transverse wall having first and second transverse ends, and a second “L” shaped wall having a second sidewall attached to the upper surface of the adapter at one end and terminating in a second transverse wall at its other end, the second sidewall having first and second transverse ends, and the second transverse wall having first and second transverse ends, the first and second “L” shaped walls being spaced apart and parallel to each other and a mirror image of each other so that the first sidewall is parallel to the second sidewall and the first and second transverse walls extend toward each other with an elongated gap separating them and leading to an internal channel formed by the first and second “L” shaped walls; f. an elongated base having a front side to which a cleaning implement is attached, and a rear side comprising a first snap wing extending away from the rear side of said elongated base, the first snap wing having a flat surface and a tooth surface having a tooth, a second snap wing aligned with and adjacent the first snap wing, the second snap wing extending away from the rear side of the elongated base and having a flat surface and a tooth surface having a tooth, and a third snap wing aligned with and adjacent the second snap wing, the third snap wing extending away from the rear side of said elongated base and having a flat surface and a tooth surface having a tooth; g. said first and third snap wings being parallel to each other with their respective flat surface extending in the same direction and their respective teeth extending in the same direction, the second snap wing positioned between the first and third snap wings with the flat surface of the second snap wing extending in an opposite direction to the flat surfaces of the first and third snap wings and the tooth of the second snap wing extending in the opposite direction to the teeth of the first and third snap wings; h. a first transverse side member extending away from the rear side of said elongated base and having an interior surface located adjacent an end of the first snap wing remote from the second snap wing and a parallel second transverse side member extending away from the rear side of said elongated base and having an interior surface located adjacent an end of the third snap wing remote from the second snap wing; and i. the three snap wings are insertable into the channel of the receiving member by being pushed through the elongated gap so that their respective flat surfaces abut the upper surface of the adapter and the tooth of the first snap wing and the tooth of the third snap wing abutting interior prongs of the second “L” shaped wall and the tooth of the second snap wing abutting an interior portion of the first “L” shaped wall, the interior surface of the first transverse side member abutting the first transverse ends of the first “L” shaped wall and the second “L” shaped wall and the interior surface of the second transverse side member abutting the second transverse ends of the first “L” shaped wall and the second “L” shaped wall; j. whereby the base is securely retained within the receiving member and the three snap wings prevent the base from being pulled out of the receiving channel and the two transverse side members prevent lateral movement of the snap wings within the channel.