Patent ID: 7530139

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus comprising: a lower panel having opposite top and bottom surfaces; an upper panel having opposite top and bottom surfaces; a connection mechanism between the lower panel and the upper panel that enables relative movement between the upper panel and the lower panel whereby the upper panel moves between first and second positions of the upper panel relative to the lower panel, where in the first position the upper panel bottom surface is positioned adjacent to the lower panel top surface and in the second position the upper panel bottom surface is moved away from the lower panel top surface; a cleaning pad having opposite top and bottom surfaces; and, a connector assembly between the cleaning pad top surface and the upper panel bottom surface that releasably connects the cleaning pad to the upper panel when the cleaning pad top surface is positioned adjacent to the lower panel bottom surface and the upper panel is in the first position, and that disconnects the cleaning pad from the upper panel when the upper panel is moved to the second position.