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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Scott J. Tuman, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert J. Maki, Hudson, WI (US);
Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Stillwater, MN (US);
Byron E. Trotter, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Scott D. Gullicks, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Scott J. Tuman, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert J. Maki, Hudson, WI (US);
Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Stillwater, MN (US);
Byron E. Trotter, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Scott D. Gullicks, Apple Valley, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A floor cleaning tool is disclosed. The floor cleaning tool comprises a mop head including a perimeter, a working surface and back surface, opposite the working surface. The working surface includes a contact surface and a recessed surface. The contact surface is on a portion of the working surface for making contact with the surface to be cleaned. The contact surface includes a first capturing edge and a second capturing edge. The recessed surface is on a portion of the working surface and includes a first side surface recessed from the first capturing edge of the contact surface and a second side surface recessed from the second capturing edge of the contact surface. The entire contact surface is nonlinear.