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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1987
Henry L Swain, Bedminister, NJ (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
For use with a sponge mop, a pad, a frame adapted to be removably attached to the sponge mop, the frame being provided with integral structure forming one part of a two-part interlocking assembly adapted to removably attach the pad to the frame, and a locking member forming the other part of said assembly and being adapted to interlock with said one part of said assembly. In certain embodiments including a preferred embodiment, in which the pad is a compressible pad, a portion of the pad is compressed between the interlocked parts of said assembly. In other embodiments, in which the pad may but does not have to be compressible, the locking member is affixed to the pad. In each embodiment, said assembly is one of a pair of similar assemblies.