Patent ID: 8707505

Claim:
A cleaning device in a form of a mop connectable to a handle, the cleaning device comprising: a head with a substantially circular profile formed by a plurality of non-woven loose fabric flexible strips overlapped with one another, the plurality of strips being staggered with respect to one another, and arranged to cover a circumference of the head and to form a bell, wherein the plurality of strips consists of outermost strips, innermost strips, and intermediate strips extending longitudinally along an axis of the handle from a cap for housing the handle, the intermediate strips being arranged on a plurality of levels in depth towards a center of the bell formed by the plurality of strips, the innermost strips of the plurality of strips are abrasive and configured to maintain said bell shape even after wetting of said device, the innermost strips having a greater stiffness and thickness than the remaining strips and being formed by a single layer of non-woven felt with high basis weight, the outermost strips of the plurality of strips are formed by two layers consisting of a microfiber layer bonded to a non-woven fabric supporting layer, and the intermediate strips are formed by a single non-woven fabric layer.