	US 7,540,063 B2
	Combination mop wringer and bucket system
Robert E. Petner, Burlington, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Quickie Manufacturing Corporation, Cinnaminson, N.J. (US)
Filed on May 28, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/154,966.
Application 12/154966 is a division of application No. 10/970080, filed on Oct. 21, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0282493 A1, Nov. 20, 2008
Int. Cl. A47L 13/50 (2006.01); A47L 13/58 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 15—260 [15/264]

5 Claims

1. A wringer and mop bucket combination comprising:

(a) a wringer having a basket with a bottom surface and lower corners;

(b) a mop bucket with a floor surface;

(c) means for supporting the wringer basket in spaced relation to the mop bucket, said supporting means comprising free standing columnar support members having upper and lower ends, each columnar support member having a wringer basket support element at its upper end configured to conform to the shape of one of the lower corners of the wringer basket, to receive and support the wringer basket, wherein the wringer basket merely sits and rests on the wringer basket support elements, and a mop bucket receptacle member at its lower end configured to conform to the shape of the floor surface of the mop bucket, said wringer basket supporting means located completely within the mop bucket and extending between the bottom surface of the wringer basket and the floor surface of the mop bucket; and

(d) bucket base members defining projections on the floor surface of the bucket which are received in the respective mop bucket receptacle members to maintain the wringer basket supporting means in stable, stationary position within the mop bucket.