Patent ID: 7743453

Claim:
A floor wiping device comprising: a wiping element holder including a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an upper side and a plurality of edge projections wherein each of the plurality of edge projections project from the upper side of the holder, in a direction that the upper side faces, the first and second longitudinal edges extending substantially parallel to one another, the first and second ends extending between the first and second longitudinal edges, the upper side being bounded by the first and second longitudinal edges and the first and second ends, a first of the plurality of edge projections being located in proximity to an intersection of the first longitudinal edge with the first end and offset from the first end, a second of the plurality of edge projections being located in proximity to an intersection of the first longitudinal edge with the second end and offset from the second end, a third of the plurality of edge projections being located opposite the first of the plurality, in proximity to an intersection of the second longitudinal edge and the first end, and a fourth of the plurality of edge projections being located opposite the second of the plurality, in proximity to an intersection of the second longitudinal edge and the second end; and a wiping element of textile or textile-like material including a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, a first narrow fixing strip and a second narrow fixing strip, each of the narrow fixing strips extending across a surface of the wiping element, between the first and second longitudinal edges of the wiping element, and being attached, at either end thereof, to the wiping element, the attached narrow fixing strips being longitudinally spaced apart from one another across the surface of the element; wherein the wiping element is secured to the wiping element holder by inserting the first end of the holder in between the first narrow fixing strip and the surface of the wiping element and inserting the second end of the holder in between the second narrow fixing strip and the surface of the wiping element, such that the first and second narrow fixing strips approximately abut the first and third of the plurality of projections of the holder and the second and fourth of the plurality of projections of the holder, respectively, without covering any of the edge projections, and the first and second ends of the wiping elements holder extend past the first and second narrow fixing strips, respectively.