US Patent Issued to MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING on July 8 for "Mop head and self-wringing mop apparatus and assembly and method of wringing a mop" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,847, issued on July 8, was assigned to MICRONOVA MANUFACTURING INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Mop head and self-wringing mop apparatus and assembly and method of wringing a mop" was invented by Phillip LeCompte (Anaheim, Calif.) and Kristin Stewart (Harbor City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flat mops and self-wringing flat mops can include a wringing configuration for applying a linear wringing motion to a mop head assembly, such as may occur along an axis coaxial with a handle. Four-point self wringing configurations may include four-point guide surfaces and/or four-point pressure points for wringing a mop head assembly."

The pa...