Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twist mop with integral pawl
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Application No.: US14597975Application Date: 2015-01-15
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Publication No.: US10555658B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Doug Metzel , Conrad Alfaro
- Applicant: Freudenberg Household Products LP
- Applicant Address: US IL Aurora
- Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LP
- Current Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LP
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Aurora
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Main IPC: A47L13/142
- IPC: A47L13/142 ; A47L13/24 ; A47L13/20

Abstract:
A mop comprising a mop handle with a grip end and a mopping end and includes spline ribs that surround a surface of the mop handle. The mop includes a ratchet sleeve surrounding the mop handle and is rotatable in first and second directions. The ratchet sleeve includes a flexible collar with an inward-facing integral pawl on an interior portion of the flexible collar. The mop includes a mop head at the mopping end of the mop handle. The mop head has a first end connected to the mopping end and a second end connected to the ratchet sleeve. The flexible collar is flexible between a locked position where the pawl engages with the spline ribs preventing rotation of the ratchet sleeve in the first rotational direction, and an unlocked position where the pawl disengages the spline ribs allowing rotation of the ratchet sleeve in first and second rotational directions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160206171A1 TWIST MOP WITH INTEGRAL PAWL Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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