ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,768, issued on July 29, was assigned to For Life Products LLC (Miramar, Fla.).
"Spray mop" was invented by Joseph A. McDonnell (Weston, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The spray mop includes a handle having a mop head at its lower end and a grip at its upper end. The mop includes a receiver adapted to hold an inverted bottle of cleaning solution, as sold at retail with an attached sprayer. The mop includes an adapter that is screwed onto the bottle of cleaning solution after the original sprayer is removed, whereby the bottle of cleaning solution can be inverted and inserted into the receiver. A spring-loaded retainer securely ho...