Patent ID: 7093315

Claim:
A twist mop comprising: a) a pole; b) fibers connected to the end of the pole; c) a movable collar connected to both the fibers and the pole, said collar being adapted to traverse the pole in an axial and a radial direction, the collar including lower slots with the fibers being woven into the lower slots, the collar being guided around the pole when the collar is moved about the pole in a radial direction; d) an upper spline connected to the pole, said upper spline interacting with the collar; e) a pawl connected to the collar, the pawl being shaped to flex toward the upper spline when said collar axially and radially traverses the pole, the pawl including projections and a base, the projections being inside the collar and the base being outside the collar, the projections connecting to the base so that a majority of the base material is distal from the projections; f) a middle slot located on the collar for inserting the pawl; g) a lower spline, the lower spline interacting with the pawl and allowing the collar to move in a radial direction substantially preventing the collar from turning when mopping; and h) an axial area between the upper and lower spline, the axial area having no spline so that the collar may move in any radial direction to un-wring the mop fibers, whereby the fibers are pulled taut when the collar rotates in a first direction around the upper spline and whereby the axial length of the upper spline allows the spline to engage the pawl when the mop fibers are wrung.