Patent ID: 7469441

Claim:
A floor mop comprising: a mop handle; an absorbent mop layer; a supporting centerpiece pivotably connected to the mop handle; two mop supporting wings carrying the mop layer, each of the two mop supporting wings having a hinge edge pivotably connected to the centerpiece, a wing front edge at a right angle to the hinge edge, and an upper side including a guide surface, the wing front edges forming a common straight mop front edge of the floor mop in an elongated position of the two mop supporting wings, each of the mop supporting wings forming a trapezoid or a triangle; a squeezing slider displaceable along the mop handle; two rigid squeezing arms each having a first end engageable with a respective one of the guide surfaces; wherein each mop supporting wing includes a free wing end opposite the hinge edge; wherein each of the guide surfaces includes an upward slope in the direction of the free wing end toward an elevation projecting from the upper side of the mop supporting wing; wherein each guide surface further includes a downward slope on a side of the elevation facing the free wing end; wherein the first end of each squeezing arm includes a rotatable roller body; and wherein the upper side of the mop supporting wing includes a projection, and wherein the roller body includes a wheel engageable with the projection, the wheel having a circumference and a plurality of recesses on the circumference.