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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Jerome Joo GE Goh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christine Marie Kurjan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jennifer Ellen Davis-wilson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Leo Kopelow, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jan Hendik Maria Verbiest, Baruta, VE;
Arthur Bryon Stackpole, Jr., Mason, OH (US);
Thomas George Crowe, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Elizabeth Ann Rohrbaugh, Hamilton, OH (US);
Tracey Ann Wurzelbacher, Hamilton, OH (US);
Matthew Lloyd Newman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Erin Meredith Lang, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ramona Zenkich, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Thomas Halter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anthony John Watkins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jerome Joo Ge Goh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christine Marie Kurjan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Leo Kopelow, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jan Hendik Maria Verbiest, Baruta, VE;
Arthur Bryon Stackpole, Jr., Mason, OH (US);
Thomas George Crowe, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Elizabeth Ann Rohrbaugh, Hamilton, OH (US);
Tracey Ann Wurzelbacher, Hamilton, OH (US);
Matthew Lloyd Newman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Erin Meredith Lang, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ramona Zenkich, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey Thomas Halter, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anthony John Watkins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. The mop head includes a bumper pad, which is made of a deformable and nonabsorbent material. The bumper pad can be deformed in the Z direction and within the X-Y plane. The cleaning implement can also include a motor for causing a portion of the mop head to move relative to the handle.