Abstract: A mop wherein the plate-like carrier for a mophead has a centrally located plate-like support which overlaps the upper sides of inner portions of two plate-like sections having outer portions with devices for releasably clamping flaps at the ends of a mophead. The sections of the carrier are held in operative positions (in which their undersides are substantially coplanar and the median portion of the mophead is stretched along the undersides of the sections) by a single locking bolt which is reciprocable in a guide at the upper side of the support. The guide defines a pivot axis for the lower end of a handle, and the sections are pivotable about two neighboring axes which are normal to the pivot axis for the handle.