Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Twist mop with biased cup
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Application No.: US15790588Application Date: 2017-10-23
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Publication No.: US10881265B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- 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: A47L13/24
- IPC: A47L13/24 ; A47L13/142 ; A47L13/20 ; A47L13/255

Abstract:
A mop includes a mop handle with a grip end and a mopping end. A locking cup is disposed on the mopping end. The locking cup includes a cup portion with interior threads and a locking tooth. A mop head is disposed at the mopping end. The mop head connects to a locking cap. The locking cap includes a locking tab configured to engage with the interior threads of the locking cup to allow for selective removal of the mop head from the mop handle and to engage and be retained by the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the locking cup. A biasing element is disposed in the cup portion and contacts the locking cap and generate a bias between the locking cap and the locking cup and urge the locking tab against the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the cup portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180042442A1 Twist Mop with Biased Cup Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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