| US 7,470,078 B2 | ||
| Cleaning implement | ||
| Michael J. Banco, Racine, Wis. (US); Peter M. Neumann, Racine, Wis. (US); Kenneth W. Michaels, Spring Grove, Ill. (US); and Kevin Harrity, Oak Creek, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wis. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,384. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/654348, filed on Feb. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0188320 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47L 13/26 (2006.01); A47L 13/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 401—139 [401/25; 401/27] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A cleaning implement, comprising:
a support head mounting a squeegee blade;
a collector removably mounted to the support head adjacent the squeegee blade;
a sprayer linked to the support head;
a container mountable to the cleaning implement so as to place an internal cavity of the container in communication with the
sprayer, the container being suitable to contain a liquid in the internal cavity; and
a scrubber also mounted to the support head, wherein the scrubber is an apertured bendable pad;
wherein the support head has an open mouth, and the collector is removably mounted directly under and adjacent the squeegee
blade; and
wherein the cleaning implement is configured such that if the squeegee blade is dragged down a wetted surface being cleaned
by the cleaning implement liquid on the surface can be dragged off of the surface against the collector by such downward movement
of the squeegee blade.
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