Patent ID: 7540063

Claim:
A wringer and mop bucket combination comprising: (a) a wringer having a basket with a bottom surface and lower corners; (b) a mop bucket with a floor surface; (c) means for supporting the wringer basket in spaced relation to the mop bucket, said supporting means comprising free standing columnar support members having upper and lower ends, each columnar support member having a wringer basket support element at its upper end configured to conform to the shape of one of the lower corners of the wringer basket, to receive and support the wringer basket, wherein the wringer basket merely sits and rests on the wringer basket support elements, and a mop bucket receptacle member at its lower end configured to conform to the shape of the floor surface of the mop bucket, said wringer basket supporting means located completely within the mop bucket and extending between the bottom surface of the wringer basket and the floor surface of the mop bucket; and (d) bucket base members defining projections on the floor surface of the bucket which are received in the respective mop bucket receptacle members to maintain the wringer basket supporting means in stable, stationary position within the mop bucket.