US2942287A - Automatic adjustable removable and washable mop cover - Google Patents

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J. PARMET 2,942,287

BLE AND WASHABLE MOP COVER Filed Jan. 3, 1956 June 28, 1960 AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE REMOVA Joseph Parmet, TheJoseph Parmet Co., Inc.,

l 752 Front St, Catasauqna, Pa.

Filed Jan. 3, 1956, seein 551,030 I 4 Claims. or. 15-247 The present invention relates to a mop cover and particularly relates to a removable mop cover.

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and modifications can be resorted to which'fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

Now referring to the drawings: I, QFig. 1 is a top, perspective view of the mop cover mounted upon the mop.

Fig. 2 is a top plan ,view of the mop cover removed It is among theobjects of the present invention to provide a removable mop cover which will readily adjust itself to various sizes of mops and which may enable ready attachment of a dust cloth to the mop cover so that the mop may be employed for removing dirt, dust and grime from walls, ceilings, tables and elevated objects, as well as from the floor.

1 .Another object is to provide an adjustable mop cover which may be widely employed to enclose the mop and permit the mop to be utilized for dusting and surface cleaning purposes.

present invention to form a mop cover of two sheets of.

fabric material, preferably with a flannel facing, one sheet of which may be unimpregnated. or impregnated with oils and/or waxes which will cover the exterior application face of the mop and the other face of which will. consist of a flannel untreated fabric which is slit so that it may be readily placed over and slid past the handle of the mop. In the preferred form of the invention to firmlyengage the mop there is provided a string arrangement or cord arrangement'which extends through the edges on one side of the cover which may be tied around the handle and which will pull together the slit portions of the untreated flannel backing.

It is desirable to cause the cover to retain its position by the underface being of a heavier and firmer material while the back cover flannel should be of. a lighter, less stiff, and more flexible material.

In the preferred form of the invention the two fabric sections are cut out rectangularly with rounded ends stitched together preferably by a criss-cross bias stitching with a pocket being formed between the light flexible uncoated flannel back and the heavy coated flannel base. The stitching will extend around three sides of the fabric, leaving the other two sides open. Desirably, the heavy flannel will extend beyond the light flannel and a tie string or cord will then extend through the separated free edges of the lighter flannel backing and the stiff flannel face.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the

from the mop.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, there is shown a mop A having a handle B and having a cover C. The cover C has the relatively heavy base face member D which is 'heavily impregnated with oils or waxes or both. The inactive face E of the cover C is desirably formed of an uncoated relatively lightweight flexible flannel material.

The cover may then be firmly tied to the handle and to enclose the mop A by means of the tie string F.

Referring to Fig. 2, the lightweight flannel face is slit at 10 and is correspondingly cross-stitched at its free edge 11. The heavy active layer D which is relatively stiff overlaps or has an extension asindicated at 12. At the edges 13 and 14 both layers D and E will conform to one another and they may be stitched together by criss cross stitching which will also extend along the free edges 15 of'th'e overlap or extension portion 12. The edge 16 is desirably left free of stitching so that it may be more readily collapsed tobind itself around the lower portion of the handle B. f i

The pocket which is formed at'G will engage practically any size mop but it is necessary that the free edges at 11 of the light flannel side E and the edge 16 of the heavy flannel layer D be engaged firmly around the lower part of the handle B and hold the mop cover firmly in position around the mop.

It is a feature of the present invention that the present construction can closely conform to the mass of fibers and strands which form the base of the mop without great looseness between the mop cover and the mop itself. At the same time the relatively stiff active face D of the mop cover will be pressed firmly by the interior of the mop against the surface being dusted or desoiled. This is accomplished by co'ope'rationof the tie string with the slit 1t and the overlap or extension 12.

7 It is to be noted that there is provided a series of openings' 25, 26 along and adjacent to the free edge 16 which 7 receive the straight run 27 of the tie string F while the tion, but it is to be understood that changes, variations free ends 28 will extend through openings. 29 and will draw the extension 12 to form a compact rufiled edge around the lower part of the handle B of the mop. This ruiile will be reinforced by the relative stiff edges formed by the stitching 11 and 15 along the side edges of the soft layer B and the active stiff layer of fabric D.

The bow which will be tiedat I will tie the cover 'firrnly in position around, the handle B. The cover as shown may be readily attached to a mop by a housewife with substantially almost automatic adjustment and there will not be great looseness between the mop fibers and the cover so that the mop fibers will exert sufficient pressure upon the'active face D. Moreover, the provision of the tie string through the openings 29 will tend to draw in the lighter, more flexible portion E so that the heavy active face D will extend outwardly, as indicated at K in Fig. 1. v

It is thus apparent that the present applicant has provided a novel mop cover which will most conveniently adjust itself to a wide variety of mop sizes and shapes with assurance that the active surface will be positioned almost automatically so as to be most effective on exposing the active face for remote dusting and cleaning purposes.

In view of the fact that the active face is desirably impregnated with oils or waxes the entire cover may be laundred up to twenty times without losing its effectiveneSSL, 1T, Y 2

f The important feature of the, present invention is the provision of a slit in the back E which in conjunction withextension 12 and the string F permits the mop cover to be drawn tightly around any shape or size or construc:

tion of mop. I

The flaps D and E form a primary pocket into which the base of the mop is inserted.

The slit 10 and 12 form a secondary automatically adjustable gathered enclosure forthe base of the handleB.

The tightening of string F will pull the extension 12 and side of the slit 10 up around the handle B and forwardly of the mop while the same operation pulls the front 14 of the enclosure rearwardly upon the mop to give a most snug engagement.

The covered mop is particularly for wiping 01f ceilings and walls.

While there has been herein described a preferred form of the invention, it should be understood that the same may be alteredin details and in relative arrangement of parts within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in What manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

1. A washable automatically adjustable mop cover formed of two sheets of flannel material, one bottom heavy stiff wax-impregnated flannel sheet being relatively stiff and heavy and wax impregnated and another slitted soft light unimpregnated sheet being relatively soft and light and unimpregnated, said, sheets being rectangular and being stitched together on three sides and being open to receive the mop on the fourth side, said heavy flannel extending beyond said light flannel at its free edge and being provided with a tie string along its free edge and said light flannel being longitudinally split and provided with openings at its corners on each side of said split to receive said tie string whereby the mop cover may be ruflled around the mop handle, said slitted soft light unimpregnated sheet being of lesser area gathering itself upon the upper face of, the mopwhen the cover is applied and tied to the mop and the mop is applied to the floor and said heavy stifl wax-impregnated flannel sheet spreading outwardly and around the edges of the mop when so applied.

2. An automatically adjustable removable and washable mop cover composed of approximately rectangular sheets of fabric material both with flannel facing, one being stiff and .heavy and impregnated with oils and waxes to cover the exterior applied face of the mop and the other being of soft untreated fabric and being shorter and being centrally slitted to fit around the mop handle split and provided with a tie string to tie it upon a mop, 'said lower sheet extending substantially beyond the upper sheet, said tie string extending through four spaced openings in the free edge of the lower sheet and through two openings in the free edge of the upper sheet, and said split in said upper sheet being transversely between said two openings.

4. A mop cover comprising an elongated rectangular base section and a shorter rectangular cover section, having curved conforming end edges and straight side edges stitched together and with the other edges being unattached and with the unattached edge of the base section extending substantially beyond the unattached end of the cover section and two holes for a tie cord positioned in side by side relationship in the center of the unattached edge of the cover section and four holes for said tie cord spaced along the unattached edge of the base section, said cover section being longitudinally split between said two holes and extending at least half the length of the cover section and a tie extension through the holes in the base section with its ends extending through the holes in the cover section, said cord when tightened drawing up the base'section around the edges of the mop so that the stitched together, edges will be on top of the mop.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS France Dec. 9, 1953

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