Patent ID: 7418758

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning a baseboard of a wall, said apparatus comprising: (1) a water adsorbent/desorbent pad having a substantially flat front face and a substantially flat rear face; (2) a flexible polymer sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein the rear face of the water adsorbent/desorbent pad is affixed to the top surface of the flexible polymer sheet; (3) a hinge device that is attached to a first plate and to a second plate; (4) the first plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and: (a) has a first vertical side having a shaft receiver hole, (b) has a second vertical side having a shaft receiver hole and (c) one or more devices for affixing the bottom surface of the flexible polymer sheet to the top surface of the first plate; (5) the second plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and is provided with a handle anchoring base that is affixed to the second plate; (6) a yoke having (a) an upper end that is provided with a yoke post that connects the yoke to a handle, (b) a first prong having a hole for receiving a shaft, and (c) a second prong having a hole for receiving a shaft; (7) the handle having: (a) a lower end having a base upon which a floor friction lowering device is mounted, (b) an upper end having a hand grip and (c) a middle section to which the yoke post is attached; (8) a pad compression handle that is attached to the handle anchoring base affixed to the second plate; (9) an elongated biasing device that extends from the pad compression handle to an opposing anchor point; and (10) a fastener for attaching the first vertical side of the first plate to the first prong of the yoke and a fastener for attaching the second vertical side of the first plate to the second prong of the yoke.