Patent ID: 6941608

Claim:
A collar to retain mop yarn and attach to a mop handle having exterior threads adjacent one end comprising: a. a first section comprising a first half hemisphere having a first lower wall, a first interior face, a first interior side, a top having a first half sleeve with a semi-cylindrical interior wall having internal threads, the first half sleeve having a first interior wall containing male teeth and a second interior wall containing female receiving members; b. a second section comprising a second half hemisphere having a second lower wall, a second interior face, a second interior side, a top having a second half sleeve with a semi-cylindrical interior wall having internal threads, the second half sleeve having a first interior wall containing female receiving members and a second interior wall containing male teeth; c. a flexible strap member interconnecting the first section and the second section and extending from the interior face of the first half hemisphere to the interior face of the second half hemisphere; and d. the first section and the second section being movable toward each other by rotation of the two sections together as the flexible strap is bent in a direction away from the interior faces of the half hemisphere such that when the first and second interior sides of the half hemisphere touch a full hemisphere is formed from the first half hemisphere and the second half hemisphere and a full sleeve is formed from the first half sleeve and the second half sleeve, which full sleeve forms a cylindrical interior wall having mating threaded sections from each half sleeve to form full threads on the interior cylindrical wall, the male teeth on the first interior wall of the first half sleeve aligned with the female receiving members on the first interior wall of the second half sleeve and the male teeth on the second interior wall of the second half sleeve aligned with the female receiving members on the second interior wall of the first half sleeve; e. whereby mop yarn is laid over the flexible strap between the first and second half hemispheres, and when the first and second sections are brought together, the central portion of the mop yarn at the location of the flexible strap is trapped within the fully formed hemisphere while the male teeth and female receiving members serve to retain the first and second sections together to form a full collar, the mop yarn hangs down below the full hemisphere, and the fully formed threads on the interior cylindrical wall of the sleeve receive the threads of the mop handle.