A height adjustment lock system is disclosed. The system allows one to easily adjust the length of a pole or a handle. Such adjustment is useful with cleaning and maintenance devices as well as with tools and other implements. The height adjustment lock system has a lacking handle that is movably attached to a braking cylinder. A multi section pole or handle is engaged with the braking cylinder. Movement of the locking handle causes the braking cylinder to frictionally retain the sections in a selected position, and further movement of the locking handle in an opposing direction causes the braking cylinder to release the sections for further height or length adjustment.
A butterfly duster is disclosed having a novel folding duster head. The wings of the duster head are opened and closed with a fork actuator arrangement that interacts with a gliding surface and retention walls on each wing to allow each half of the fork actuator to glide along the surface of each wing in a controlled and linear manner without the need for different materials between the wings and each gliding surface. Linear guides and linear guide slots provide further control of the fork actuator as it rides along a slide coupling while opening or closing the wings of the duster head.
A Fruit Fitter is disclosed where a plunger and shaft are slidably disposed within a generally cylindrical barrel. The shaft contains a pit engaging end that serves to cut and push a pit through a food item and expel the pit into a pit ejection chamber. The plunger is spring actuated for ease of operation. The food item rests in an opening in the barrel and remains there throughout the pit removal operation until a user removes the food item from the Fruit Pitter. The pit ejection chamber keeps the pit retained until it can be disposed of, and further serves to reduce splattering while the Fruit Pitter is in use.
A rack and pinion roller mop is disclosed that has a mop head with a sponge receiver opening and a pole receiver where rollers are rotationally engaged with the mop head and a sponge head is affixed to a pole where the pole moves the sponge head between the rollers with a rack and pinion arrangement driven by a lever attached to the pinion. The rack has a hollow rack cylinder that the pole is placed through and the sponge head has a sponge head support with a coupler having a retention tab receiver to engage a retention tab on the rack cylinder.
Disclosed is a wet and dry disposable cloth sweeper that has a cleaning head with a cleaning body and a ridged substrate, push fit zippers for securing a cleaning pad, an annular universal joint with a handle connector for pivotally securing the cleaning head to a handle, and a handle connected to the cleaning head. The wet and dry disposable cloth sweeper may be a cleaning kit having a cleaning head, a handle, and optionally cleaning pads.
A double sided spray mop is disclosed that has a cleaning head with a bottom head and a top head, at least one push fit zipper, and a nozzle protruding from an edge of the cleaning head for delivery of a cleaning solution. The double sided spray mop further has a body for receiving a bottle of cleaning solution and a manual pump housed within the body for delivering cleaning solution to the nozzle. A universal joint couples the body to the cleaning head. A pole is connected to the body and contains a pusher rod that mechanically couples a trigger and a linkage, the linkage being mechanically coupled to the pump such that movement of the trigger translates to actuation of the pump.
A cleaning head for a cleaning utensil, comprising a base member, a connector associated with the base member for attachment to a handle, and at least one flexible support member extending from the base member. The at least one flexible support member and the base member together define a common support surface for a cleaning cover.
An apparatus comprising a plurality of first threads coupled to and extending from a substrate, and a plurality of second threads coupled to and extending from the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of first threads comprises a plurality of synthetic filaments, each of the plurality of filaments comprises a plurality of synthetic microfibers, each of the plurality of second threads is adjacent to at least one of the plurality of first threads, and each of the plurality of second threads does not comprise synthetic microfibers.
A mop apparatus is described that includes an elongate handle, a mop head and a wringing device. The mop head includes a bracket connected to a distal end portion of the elongate handle. The bracket has a pair of distally extending arms that connect to the mop. The mop has a distally directed cleaning surface and opposed rear surface that connects to the bracket. A backing plate is connected to the rear surface of the mop. The wringing device is actuated by a movable handle that displaces and rotates portions of the plate to compress and wring out the water from the mop.
A duster that includes an elongated rod having a proximal end and distal end, a first cleaning head, a first handle, an opening and an insert. The first cleaning head being attached to the proximal end of the elongated rod and the first handle being attached to the distal end of the elongated rod. Atop the first handle is the opening. The insert is removably inserted into the opening of the handle.
An apparatus comprising a central member and a synthetic fiber material portion extending radially outward from the central member along at least a portion of the central member and comprising a plurality of synthetic threads, wherein each of the plurality of threads comprises a plurality of synthetic filaments, and wherein each of the plurality of filaments comprises a plurality of synthetic microfibers.
A duster that includes an elongated rod haying a proximal end and distal and, a first cleaning head, a first handle , an opening and an insert. The first cleaning had being attached to the proximal end of the elongated rod and the first handle being attached to the distal end of the elongated rod. Atop the first handle is the opening. The insert is removably inserted into the opening of the handle.
