Abstract: A mop of the "butterfly" type has a flat sponge releasably secured to the lower faces of a pair of base plates mounted for pivotal movement relative to the mop handle, a slide is telescopically sleeved on the handle, a yoke-shaped compression member is pivoted to the slide and slidable relative to the handle and base plates in a camming motion as the slide is moved relative to the handle causing the base plates to pivot relative to the handle to force the sponge into a U-shaped, folded, or face-to-face position to compress the sponge and extract liquid therefrom.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 1988
Date of Patent:
May 23, 1989
Assignee:
Kellogg Bush Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
Keith Morrison, Robert B. Staubitz, William H. Valls, Peter MacDonald