Patent ID: 8079112

Claim:
A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a roller mop, the roller mop including a handle, a sleeve movable relative to the handle and a pair of rollers on the sleeve, said disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad comprising: (a) a layer of a flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin; (b) a layer of sponge material fixedly attached to said layer of a flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin; and (c) an attachment structure fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material for removably attaching the disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad to the roller mop, wherein the attachment structure comprises (i) an elongated hollow tube having an outer surface and having an opening along one side of the hollow tube and an internal channel to fixedly attach a disposable cleaning pad to the attachment structure; (ii) a plurality of slotted tabs on the outer surface of the elongated hollow tube opposite the opening for receiving rod type attachment devices; and (iii) a plurality of threaded openings through the elongated hollow tube opposite the opening for receiving screw type attachment devices.