Patent ID: 8065776

Claim:
A cleaning implement comprising: a handle, ( 1 ); a plate frame ( 2 ) connected to the handle and including a magnet ( 4 ); and a mop ( 3 ) detachably attached to the plate frame, including a cooperating counterpart ( 5 ), the magnet ( 4 ) and the counterpart ( 5 ) constituting a pair of holding members configured for detachably holding the mop ( 3 ) onto the plate frame ( 2 ), the magnet ( 4 ) and the counterpart ( 5 ) each being essentially planar at respective surfaces configured to come towards each other, and the magnet ( 4 ) and the counterpart ( 5 ) being attached to the plate frame ( 2 ) and to the mop ( 3 ), respectively, so that the magnet ( 4 ) and the counterpart ( 5 ) face each other in an operating position of the mop, wherein the counterpart ( 5 ) is sewn inside a fabric that constitutes an upper surface of the mop to form a protrusion at an upper surface of the mop, and wherein the magnet ( 4 ) is attached to the plate frame ( 2 ) so that a cavity shallow with respect to the lower surface of the plate frame remains under the magnet, said protrusion being received in the cavity when the mop is attached to the plate frame.