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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Boyd Wolf, Roswell, GA (US);
Beth Hohl, Canton, GA (US);
Elke Leuchten, Dusseldorf, DE;
Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A customizable, disposable mop and method for customizing a disposable mop to have different floor contacting surface properties is disclosed. The mop () includes a floor contacting surface area () having a length and width and floor contacting surface properties. The outer layer () of the mop () has two or more partitions in covering relation over an inner layer (). One or more of the outer layer partitions () is selectably separable along a seam from covering relation over the inner layer () or over two or more respective partitions () in the inner layer (). The outer layer () and inner layer () partitions have a selectable mopping characteristic for customizing the properties of the floor contacting surface area () of the mop ().