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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Estrella Cabrero Gomez, Madrid, ES;
Maria Del Carmen Martin Rivera, Madrid, ES;
Carmen Echeverria Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Maurizio Beolchi, Milan, IT;
Christophe C. Corsi, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Patrice P. Freyermuth, Bessancourt, FR;
Eric A. Soyer, Levallois, FR;
Mauro Porcini, Milan, IT;
Sigurdur Thorsteinsson, Milan, IT;
Peter J. Newbould, Milan, IT;
Estrella Cabrero Gomez, Madrid, ES;
Maria del Carmen Martin Rivera, Madrid, ES;
Carmen Echeverria Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Maurizio Beolchi, Milan, IT;
Christophe C. Corsi, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Patrice P. Freyermuth, Bessancourt, FR;
Eric A. Soyer, Levallois, FR;
Mauro Porcini, Milan, IT;
Sigurdur Thorsteinsson, Milan, IT;
Peter J. Newbould, Milan, IT;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A head () for a strip mop comprises a hollow dome-shaped body () which is attachable at its top to one end of an elongate mop handle (). Web material is secured within the body () so that a portion hangs down from the base of the dome-shaped body to provide the cleaning substrate () of the mop. To facilitate access to confined areas of a surface that is being cleaned, such as corners, the base of the dome-shaped body () of the mop head has the general form of an equilateral triangle. A spacer (, FIG.) is provided between two adjacent layers of the web material within the dome-shaped body, to enhance the volume of the cleaning substrate (); and a peripheral skirt () of a more resilient material is provided at the base of the wall of the dome-shaped body () to reduce the risk of damage to surfaces that might be impacted by the mop head () when in use.