A mop head includes: fringe-shaped cleaning textiles; and a cap-shaped carrier body. The cleaning textiles are secured to the carrier body. At least some of the cleaning textiles are interconnected by an integral bond and are combined to form a pre-assemblable unit. The pre-assemblable unit and the carrier body are interconnected.

The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely holds the bottle of cleaning solution in the receiver so that if the mop is dropped, inverted, or bumped there will be no leakage, while a trigger on a handgrip at the upper portion of the mop handle activates a valve in the adapter whereby cleaning solution is dispensed through a spray nozzle at the lower portion of the receiver.

A cleaning cart can comprise a body defining an underside and at least one shelf, wherein the body has a footprint. A plurality of wheels can rotatably couple to the body. A sweeping attachment can be coupled to the underside of the body. The sweeping attachment can comprise a slide comprising a track that is coupled to the body and a carriage that is configured to slide relative to the track along an axis about and between a first position that is generally within the footprint of the body and a second position that is generally outside of the footprint of the body. A sweeping assembly can be coupled to the carriage. The sweeping assembly can couple to a sweeping element.

A mop device that includes a plurality of yarns collected in a bundle, the yearn bundle having a first end and an opposed second end; at least one headband connected to the yarn bundle at a location intermediate between the first end and the second end of the yarn bundle; at least one spacer member connected to the headband in overlying relationship thereto, the spacer member having a first face and an opposed second face, wherein the spacer member is in overlying relationship to the headband of the associated yarn bundle, and wherein the spacer member has at least one aperture extending from the first face to the second face configured to communicate with the associated headband. Also disclosed is the use of the spacer device alone and the mop device in combination with a mop handle member.

A manually operated washing machine, with first mode of operation with an agitating wash and rinse cycle for washing laundry and a second mode of operation with spin cycle for spinning the washed laundry to extract water.

A manually operated washing machine, with first mode of operation with an agitating wash and rinse cycle for washing laundry and a second mode of operation with spin cycle for spinning the washed laundry to extract water.

A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has tow fibers attached to a carrier sheet. The tow fibers are advantageously provided with an exterior coating. The coating is applied in an amount sufficient to be efficacious, but not wasteful or which leaves residue. The amount of coating is correlated with the amount of moisture in the tow.

A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has tow fibers attached to a carrier sheet. The tow fibers are advantageously provided with an exterior coating. The coating is applied in an amount sufficient to be efficacious, but not wasteful or which leaves residue. The amount of coating is correlated with the amount of moisture in the tow.

A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.

A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.