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US5920942:
Combination mop and wiper
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Footer, Harold; Newton, MA
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| Assignee: |
Easy Day Manufacturing Company, Holliston, MA
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-07-13
/ 1997-04-22
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| Application Number: |
US1997000841441
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47L 13/12;
A47L 13/14;
Core:
A47L 13/10;
IPC-7:
A47L 13/12;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47L13/14; A47L13/12;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
015/121;
015/244.1;
Original:
015/121;
015/244.1;
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| Field of Search: |
015/118,119.1,119.2,121,220.1,244.1
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-04-22 |
US1997000841441 |
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| Abstract: |
The invention features a floor mop that includes a mop handle and a mop head assembly attached to the handle. A sponge and wiper are positioned on the mop head assembly such that the handle is positioned at a first rearward-facing acute angle relative to the floor while a working surface of the sponge engages the floor. The sponge and wiper are also positioned such that the mop handle is positioned at a second rearward-facing acute angle relative to the floor while a working end of the wiper engages the floor.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Chin, Randall E.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
R2 Reinstated
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A floor mop, comprising:
- a sponge having a flat working bottom surface and having a flat absorbent forward face, the absorbent face having a bottom edge,
- a floor mop handle having a coupling end attached relative to the sponge and a grip end located above and to the rear of the working surface, and
- a wiper attached relative to the sponge and relative to the coupling end of the handle and extending downwardly from an upper portion of the sponge towards the working surface of the sponge at an angle of approximately 26° relative to a line perpendicular to the working surface such that when the flat working bottom surface is placed flat on the floor, the handle is oriented at an angle with respect to the floor, the wiper having a working edge;
- wherein the distance separating the working edge of the wiper and the bottom edge of the absorbent face of the sponge is less than about 22 mm.
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G1999-404108
DERABS G1999-404108
DERABS G2000-071712
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| Other References: |
Color copies of instant photographs of products which may have been publically used or on sale before the filing date of this application (7 numbered pages).
Combination Broom/Mop, Squeegee, developed by Romanos A. Raad, product literature, date unknown.
Home-Maid Flipper/Squeegee.TM. mop for floors, packaging label, product literature, date unknown.
Mechanical Sponge Mop Squeezing Device, M. K Project, product literature, Jan. 25, 1997.
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