Inventors:
Jerome Joo Ge Goh - San Francisco CA, US
Christine Marie Kurjan - Mountain View CA, US
Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson - Redwood City CA, US
Leo Kopelow - San Francisco CA, US
Jan Hendik Maria Verbiest - Baruta, VE
Thomas George Crowe - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Elizabeth Ann Rohrbaugh - Hamilton OH, US
Tracey Ann Wurzelbacher - Hamilton OH, US
Matthew Lloyd Newman - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Erin Meredith Lang - Cincinnati OH, US
Ramona Zenkich - Cincinnati OH, US
Jeffrey Thomas Halter - Cincinnati OH, US
Anthony John Watkins - Cincinnati OH, US
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
A47L 11/29
A47L 13/256
US Classification:
15228, 15231, 152091, 15 971
Abstract:
A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. The mop head includes a bumper pad, which is made of a deformable and nonabsorbent material. The bumper pad can be deformed in the Z direction and within the X-Y plane. The cleaning implement can also include a motor for causing a portion of the mop head to move relative to the handle.