US Patent Issued to The Libman on March 11 for "Grip handle assembly for a mop" (American, Italian, Portuguese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,732, issued on March 11, was assigned to The Libman Co. (Arcola, Ill.).

"Grip handle assembly for a mop" was invented by Andrew D. Libman (Champaign, Ill.), Jon Franklin (St. Joseph, Ill.), Fernando de Jesus Santos (Maceira LRA, Portugal) and Marco Bizzotto (Padua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip handle assembly for a mop includes a grip handle and a lever that is pivotally connected to the grip handle. The grip handle may include a grip handle body that includes a passage the extends through the grip handle body, a lever mount, and a lever stop, where the lever stop includes a central protrusion extending from the grip ...