Mop and mop head attachment

Abstract

A pad mop with a mop handle, a mop head and a mop pad. The mop head or a mop head attachment includes a cleaning material holder for holding cleaning material dispensed around the mop head. The mop head attachment includes a casing open at both ends and configured to fit around the mop head and pad. Alternatively the mop head attachment includes a flat casing with a hole in the middle to slip over a mop handle and/or a U-joint and attach to the top of the mop head. The cleaning material holder can be formed as a recess in a bumper extending from the casing. A roll of cleaning material with perforations dividing the material into individual sheets includes slits for engaging posts or one or more elongate teeth on one or more opposing sides of the casing.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A mop comprising
 a mop handle,   a mop head coupled to the handle and having a mop pad coupled thereto, and   a mop head attachment device comprising   a casing coupled to the mop head and mop pad,   a cleaning material holder attached one side of the casing, and   one or more protuberances extending up from one or more sides of the casing to engage slits in the cleaning material.   
     
     
         2 . The mop of  claim 1  where in the casing includes a body open at both ends and configured to fit around the mop head and mop pad. 
     
     
         3 . The mop of  claim 2  wherein the body of the casing includes a bottom, opposing sides extending up from the bottom and around the edge of the mop head and mop pad. 
     
     
         4 . The mop of  claim 3  wherein a cleaning material roll is positionable within the holder and material from the cleaning material roll extends out of the holder and around the bottom and opposing sides of the casing. 
     
     
         5 . The mop of  claim 4  wherein the cleaning material roll includes a repetitive pattern of perforations that divide the cleaning material roll into a plurality of sheets of cleaning material. 
     
     
         6 . The mop of  claim 5  wherein the slits in the cleaning material include a repetitive pattern of one or more elongate slits formed along the perforations. 
     
     
         7 . The mop of  claim 6  wherein the slits in the cleaning material further include a second repetitive pattern of one or more elongate slits positioned adjacent the perforations along the leading edge of each of the plurality of sheets of cleaning material. 
     
     
         8 . The mop of  claim 1  wherein the slits in the cleaning material include a repetitive pattern of one or more v-shaped slits formed along one or more sides of the perforations. 
     
     
         9 . The mop of  claim 1  wherein the protuberances include one or more elongate teeth. 
     
     
         10 . A mop head attachment device for a mop comprising a mop handle, a mop head coupled to the handle and having a mop pad coupled thereto, the mop head attachment device comprising
 a casing couplable to a mop head and pad of a mop,   a cleaning material holder attached to one side of the casing, and   one or more protuberances extending up from one or more sides of the casing to engage slits in a cleaning material positionable in the cleaning material holder.   
     
     
         11 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 10  wherein the casing includes a body open at both ends and configured to fit around a mop head and pad of a mop. 
     
     
         12 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 11  wherein the body of the casing includes a bottom, opposing sides extending up from the bottom and around the edge of the mop head and pad. 
     
     
         13 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 12  wherein a cleaning material roll is positionable within the holder and material from the cleaning material roll extends out of the holder and around the bottom and opposing sides of the casing 
     
     
         14 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 13  wherein the cleaning material roll includes a repetitive pattern of perforations that divide the cleaning material roll into a plurality of sheets of cleaning material. 
     
     
         15 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 10  wherein the slits in the cleaning material include a repetitive pattern of one or more elongate slits formed along the perforations. 
     
     
         16 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 15  wherein the slits in the cleaning material further include a second repetitive pattern of one or more elongate slits positioned adjacent the perforations along the leading edge of each of the plurality of sheets of cleaning material. 
     
     
         17 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 10  wherein the protuberances include one or more elongate teeth. 
     
     
         18 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 10  further comprising a cleaning material advancement mechanism attached to the top of the casing at a side opposite the cleaning material holder. 
     
     
         19 . The mop head attachment device of  claim 10  further comprising a cleaning material take up mechanism attached to the top of the casing at a side opposite the cleaning material holder. 
     
     
         20 . The mop of  claim 1  further comprising a cleaning material advancement mechanism attached to the top of the casing at a side opposite the cleaning material holder. 
     
     
         21 . The mop of  claim 1  further comprising a cleaning material take up mechanism attached to the top of the casing at a side opposite the cleaning material holder.