3m Innovative Properties Company

Michael J Kubes

Perry S Dotterman

Byron E Trotter

Arthur V Lang

Michael C Molinet

Peter J Newbould

Lloyd S Vasilakes

Diane R Wolk

Ivana Babic

Shaelyn D Benson

Mark W Nelson

Sigurdur Thorsteinsson

Mauro Porcini

Mark D Sorlien

Christopher J Miller

Paul N Daveloose

Bonnie C Lembitz

Angie M Olson

Johannes N Gaston

Scott J Tuman

Douglas J VanOrnum

Valentina Tronconi

Erik J Johnson

Steven A Beaudry

Timotheos J Leahy

Diane L Regnier

Shivshankar Venkataramani

Lizabeth W Dretzka

Giorgio Tusa

Thomas J Herbrand

Delphine Elisabeth Aubourg

Amy M Kunz

John M Simon

Yael Karni

Kayo K Merritt

Katy J Polski

Kristine K Krumhus

Philip E Hague

Handle for a cleaning tool

Cleaning tool

Handheld cleaning tool

The present invention relates to a floor cleaning tool. In one embodiment the floor cleaning tool comprises a backing and a handle. The backing comprises a first surface and a second surface. The handle is attached to the second surface of the backing apparatus. The backing has a generally triangular perimeter having a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge. A portion of the first edge is curved and a portion of the second edge is curved. The first edge and second edge meet at a leading point. The third edge is concave. The floor cleaning tool is capable of supporting a wipe.

Hand-held cleaning device

Lint roller

Cleaning pad

Tub and shower cleaning device

Tub and shower cleaning tool

Floor cleaning device

A handle assembly for use with a fibrous cleaning pad. The handle assembly includes a generally rigid first member including a first insertable portion, and a handle portion with a first end of the handle portion fixed to a second end of the first insertable portion and a manually engageable part adjacent a second opposite end of the handle portion. The handle assembly also includes a second member including a second insertable portion, and an actuation portion having a first end fixed to a second end of the second insertable portion. A first end of the second insertable portion opposite the actuation portion is pivotally mounted on a first end of the first insertable portion opposite the handle portion for relative movement of the insertable portions by manual manipulation of the actuation portion between a diverging position with outer surfaces of the insertable portions diverging from their first ends, and an adjacent position with the outer surfaces of the insertable portions generally parallel. At least one of the insertable portions (and preferably both) has at least one barb projecting from its inner surface, and the other of the insertable portions has an opening aligned with that barb. The barb projects above the outer surface of the other of the insertable portions in the adjacent position of the insertable portions so that with the insertable portions in a slit in the cleaning pad the barb will engage the cleaning pad. The barb is essentially positioned between the outer surfaces of the insertable portions in their diverging position so that the insertable portions can move within the slit in the cleaning pad.

Cleaning device with disposable pad

Cleaning head for a cleaning tool

A caddy having a socket shaped to receive the scrubbing end portion of a cleaning implement such as a brush when the implement is being stored, particularly including the type of cleaning implement having a long handle that is used for cleaning toilet bowls or the like that is commonly used and stored in bathrooms. The cooperating shapes of the cleaning and a socket in the caddy allow storage of the cleaning implement or brush either with the long handle of the cleaning implement projecting upwardly in the conventional manner, or with its long handle extending generally horizontally, thereby facilitating storage of the caddy containing the cleaning implement in cabinets of the types typically found in bathrooms.

Brush caddy

Growing community of inventors

Oakdale, MN, United States of America

Michael J Kubes