Patent ID: 7246399

Claim:
A mop head retention clamp for securing a mop head to a mop handle, said clamp comprising: (a) a base member connected to the handle, said base member being a unitary body having a side slot and an inset cavity extending into the body of the base member; (b) lower attachment means pivotally connected directly to the base member for removeably securing the mop head to the base member; (c) side attachment means pivotally connected to the lower attachment means for removeably securing the lower attachment means to the base member; (d) handle means pivotally connected to the side attachment means for engaging and releasing the clamp, said handle means having insert means sized to fit, substantially in its entirety, within the cavity and hence within the body, whereby when the mop head is secured by the clamp, the insert means is substantially encompassed by and fits snugly within the cavity within the body, and the side attachment means is positioned substantially within the side slot to tightly secure the lower attachment means to the mop head.