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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz Josef Ohm, Limburg, DE;
Norbert Pakusa, Schweighausen, DE;
Assignee:
Leifheit AG, Nassau, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
151192 ; 15228 ; 152442 ; 152443 ;
Abstract
A wet mop for planar surfaces includes two wiping plates, a double-hinged member disposed between the two wiping plates, a handle pivotably fixed to the double-hinged member, a sliding sleeve mounted on the handle, two pressure arms molded onto the sliding sleeve in a V-shaped configuration, and two articulated levers. Each of the two articulated levers is disposed on a respective one of the two pressure arms and each of the two articulated levers is movably coupled to a respective one of the two wiping plates. The two wiping plates can be squeezed against each other using the two articulated levers.