US 12,349,849 B2
Cleaning apparatus with touch-free pad pick up and release mechanism
Jose Longoria, Miami, FL (US); and Joseph Fiore, Jr., Erie, PA (US)
Filed by Jose Longoria, Miami, FL (US); and Joseph Fiore, Jr., Erie, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,477.
Application 17/977,477 is a continuation of application No. 16/891,739, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,517,175.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,866, filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048516 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 13/258 (2006.01); A47L 13/16 (2006.01); A47L 13/29 (2006.01); A47L 13/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/258 (2013.01) [A47L 13/16 (2013.01); A47L 13/29 (2013.01); A47L 13/46 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning apparatus selectably movable between a closed position and an open position, the cleaning apparatus comprising:
a base;
a slider attached to the base, the slider configured with an actuation point where a force may be exerted in order to translate the slider linearly and longitudinally relative to the base; and
a grabber attached to the base and to the slider, and configured such that a movement of the slider along a linear path relative to the base is translated into a movement of the grabber relative to the base, selectively between the closed position and the open position, wherein the slider remains substantially parallel to the base during its movement, where at least a portion of the grabber sits above the base while in the closed position and the portion of the grabber sits below the base while in the open position.