Patent ID: 8082621

Claim:
A steam mop, comprising: a steam mop body including: a water container having a water inlet and a water outlet; a boiler having a boiler inlet for water and configured to generate steam; and a steam mop body steam outlet; a non-electric, mechanical pump having a pump inlet connected to the water outlet and a pump outlet connected to the boiler inlet; a steam frame in communication with the steam mop body steam outlet, the steam frame adapted to support a fabric cloth; and a handle which is constructed and arranged to be grippable by a user's hand to move the steam frame, the handle being connected to a pipe; wherein movement of the handle in a longitudinal direction of the pipe to move the steam frame in a cleaning movement causes the mechanical pump to mechanically pump water from the water container to the boiler; and wherein the steam frame is configured and dimensioned to distribute steam substantially throughout the steam frame and onto the fabric cloth when the fabric cloth is mounted to the steam frame and steam is generated.