US 11,849,895 B2
Mop wringers and bucket positioning apparatus
Phillip LeCompte, Anaheim, CA (US); and Kristin Stewart, Harbor City, CA (US)
Assigned to MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING, INC., Torrance, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/643,576
Filed by MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING, INC., Torrance, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 5, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/049563
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/050961, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/554,510, filed on Sep. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0196826 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. A47L 13/59 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 13/59 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket positioning assembly comprising means for extending on a rim of a bucket, a base for extending adjacent a bottom of a bucket, means for coupling the extending means and the base, and wherein the base includes a structure having a geometry for engaging a component associated with the bottom of the bucket wherein the structure limits planar movement between the structure and the component associated with the bottom of the bucket, and wherein the base includes at least one opening defining the geometry, and wherein the opening includes a wall having a straight portion and a curved portion;
wherein the means for extending on the rim of the bucket includes a dual hook component having first and second hooks, the first hook for extending over and adjacent a rim of a first bucket and the second hook for extending over and adjacent a rim of a second bucket;
wherein the base structure having a geometry includes a bucket base bracket having first and second side portions, wherein the first side portion is configured to engage a complementary surface in a bottom portion of a first bucket, and the second side portion is configured to engage a complementary surface in a bottom portion of a second bucket, and wherein the bucket base bracket further includes a retaining housing for retaining a rod;
wherein the coupling means includes the rod extending between the dual hook component and the bucket base bracket, and including a spring associated with the rod and engaging a portion of the retaining housing in the bucket base bracket, wherein the spring biases the bucket base bracket and the dual hook component closer together;
wherein the bucket base bracket includes first and second flange elements having respective first and second flange openings for receiving the rod; and
wherein the spring is positioned between the second flange element and the first and second side portions of the bucket base bracket, on an opposite side of the second flange element from the first flange element.