Patent ID: 8567616

Claim:
An organizing arrangement ( 10 ) for household implements, the arrangement comprising: a dock ( 12 ) for storing a plural of surface treatment heads, the dock comprising a housing ( 14 ) defining a plurality of horizontally extending, side-by-side and parallel bays ( 16 ) each for containing one treatment head ( 20 ), the housing ( 14 ) including an upper wall with a plurality of parallel slots ( 18 ) therein, each slot communicating with one of the bays, and the housing including a first side that is open to the bays for movement of the treatment heads into and out of each respective bay, the open first side of the housing ( 14 ) being contiguous with the open first ends of each slot; a plurality of treatment heads ( 20 ), each head being contained fully in one of the bays ( 16 ) to define a storage position for each head, each head having a connecting post ( 22 ) extending upwardly through a respective slot ( 18 ), each slot respectively and slidably receiving each post for removal of each head from each storage position fully in a respective bay, to an intermediate position partly out of the respective bay with the respective post of the head still in the slot but near the open first end of the slot, and then out of the housing through the first open side of the housing for use of the treatment head; and a handle pole ( 30 ) having a lower end with a connector ( 32 ) for detachable connection to the connecting post ( 22 ) of a selected one treatment head ( 20 ) while the selected one treatment head is in its storage position, and for sliding the selected one treatment head to its intermediate position and then out of the housing for use of the selected one treatment head ( 20 ).