US 12,295,534 B1
Coupling apparatus for cleaning apparatuses
Ronald B Collins, Jr., Castle Rock, MN (US)
Filed by Ronald B Collins, Jr., Castle Rock, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,376.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/206,082, filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Int. Cl. A47L 13/42 (2006.01); A47L 13/24 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/42 (2013.01) [A47L 13/24 (2013.01); F16B 5/0216 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupling apparatus for coupling two cleaning mops, the coupling apparatus comprises a plurality of coupling assemblies, wherein each coupling assembly comprises:
a top plate, the top plate comprises:
a first planar member, the first planar member has a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side,
a plurality of first flanges positioned side-by-side on the front side of the first planar member, wherein the plurality of first flanges extends substantially perpendicular from the first planar member, wherein adjacent flanges of the plurality of first flanges extend in opposite directions, and
a pair of elongated slots in the first planar member, the pair of elongated slots extends between the front side and the rear side of the first planar member, the pair of elongated slots are spaced apart from each other; and
a bottom plate comprising:
a second planar member, the second planar member has a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side,
a plurality of second flanges positioned side-by-side on the front side of the second planar member, wherein the plurality of second flanges extends substantially perpendicular from the second planar member, wherein adjacent flanges of the plurality of second flanges extend in opposite directions, and
a pair of slots in the second planar member.