Dust mop

Abstract

A dust mop is provided. An embodiment of the dust mop of the instant invention comprises a riding moping machine that includes a riding device and a mop attachment. The mop attachment is attached to the riding device via a swivel cam connection. The mop attachment includes a concave shape.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 828,200, filed Oct. 4, 2006, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to a dust mop. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with a riding dust mop machine and also with a dust mop device including a concave shape that can be attached to a riding device and / or used manually with a handle. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Mops for cleaning floors have been used for over a century. The mop was first patented in 1893 and has undergone many improvements and variations over the years. A dry mop, often called a dust mop, is usually characterized by a large, flat head that can be pushed by a handle over a floor surface picking up dust, hair, lint and other particles. Dust mops usually consist of three basic part...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides an improved dust mop that reduces the amount of labor and time required to dry mop an area. The invention includes an automatic riding device with a concave mop attachment that tracks the movement of the riding device and follows the contours of the floor without missing low spots or riding over high spots. The concave mop head keeps heavier soil and debris from being lost off the ends of the mop because soil tends to move towards the middle of the concave mop head. The mop frame is attached behind the automatic riding device and can be released in case of an obstruction. The mop frame can be sold in combination with the riding device or separately attached to any of a variety of riding devices. Other mechanisms to attach the mop frame to a riding device may also be used without detracting from the invention's purpose."

Problems solved by technology

Dry mopping an entire school (including a large gymnasium) or a large office building can be a very mundane and time consuming task.

To increase efficiency dust mop heads have become increasingly longer and wider, but manually cleaning large areas such as a school gymnasium, even with a larger mop, is still a considerable task, and the larger the mop size the greater the amount of labor required by the user to manipulate the mop.

The problem with a rectangular shaped mop head is that soil and debris can be lost off the ends of the mop as the mop is pushed forward along the floor.

The loss of debris from the ends of the mop increases the time it takes to mop a floor due to the additional time necessary sweep up the lost debris and / or to overlap cleaning paths.

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