Abstract: A carpet cleaning device includes a rigid liquid lifting sheet that includes a top surface and, opposed, a bottom surface which together extend laterally to side edges and longitudinally from a proximal portion having a liquid lifting edge, to a distal portion that is spaced from the proximal portion. The liquid lifting edge extends laterally between the side edges in an angled configuration that includes at least one vertex which is longitudinally forward of adjacent portions of the liquid lifting edge. A liquid receiver is positioned to receive the liquid that is lifted from the carpet by the liquid lifting edge and the rigid liquid lifting sheet.