US 12,433,469 B2
Cleaning apparatus
Richard Christopher Hagee, Cincinnati, OH (US); Nicola John Policicchio, Mason, OH (US); Victoria Jung, Cincinnati, OH (US); William Michael Cannon, West Harrison, IN (US); and John Charles Van Rens, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,882.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,610, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127761 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/22 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning apparatus comprising:
a support member comprising:
a first portion having a length, a first end and an opposing second end and a handle disposed at the first end of the first portion;
a second portion having a first transition disposed at the second end of the first portion and a second transition spaced apart from the first transition;
a first support and a second support joining the first transition and the second transition, wherein the first support and the second support are both offset from the first portion;
a liquid management system disposed, at least in part, between the first transition and second transition, the liquid management system comprising a reservoir receiver which receives at least one liquid reservoir or comprises at least one liquid reservoir formed integrally therewith, wherein the liquid management system has a void positioned between the first transition and the second transition and extending continuously from the first support to the second support and extending completely through the liquid management system, wherein the void is more extensive than the at least one liquid reservoir;
a cleaning head moveably attached to the second transition by a cleaning head connection between the second transition and the cleaning head, wherein the cleaning head has a lower surface oriented away from the cleaning head connection;
wherein when the support member exhibits a longitudinal angle of six degrees or less with respect to a horizontal plane defined by the lower surface when the lower surface is positioned to face a surface to be cleaned the cleaning apparatus exhibits a vertical height of less than 110 mm, and wherein the at least one liquid reservoir has a volume of more than about 475 ml.