Adapter for attaching a cleaning head to a mop handle of a mop

Abstract

An adapter for attaching a cleaning head to a mop handle of a mop. The adapter is substantially channel-shaped and includes two side webs and one connecting web interconnecting the side webs. The adapter is formed so as to be open towards the cleaning head to be received. The connecting web has an inner side which faces the cleaning head to be received and forms a stop face for the cleaning head. Each of the side webs comprises at least one latching projection formed so as to be resiliently flexible transversely to a longitudinal direction of the adapter. The latching projections are movable towards and away from each other in the manner of a clamp and are configured to be releasably snapped behind latching lugs on the cleaning head in a non-destructive manner.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An adapter for attaching a cleaning head to a mop handle of a mop, which adapter is substantially channel-shaped, the adapter comprising:
 two side webs and one connecting web interconnecting the side webs, the adapter being formed so as to be open towards the cleaning head to be received and the connecting web having an inner side which faces the cleaning head to be received and forms a stop face for the cleaning head;   wherein each of the side webs comprises at least one latching projection, in that the latching projections are each formed so as to be resiliently flexible transversely to a longitudinal direction of the adapter and so as to be movable towards and away from each other in the manner of a clamp, and wherein the latching projections are configured to be releasably snapped behind latching lugs on the cleaning head in a non-destructive manner.   
     
     
         2 . The adapter according to  claim 1 , wherein the latching projections are configured to be brought into an open position by a release device and is thereby configured to be released from the latching lugs in a non-destructive manner. 
     
     
         3 . The adapter according to  claim 2 , wherein the release device is formed by a lever which penetrates the connecting web from an outer side to the inner side thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The adapter according to  claim 1 , wherein the latching projection on one of the side webs is offset in the longitudinal direction from the latching projection on the other of the side webs. 
     
     
         5 . The adapter according to  claim 1 , wherein the latching projections, when viewed in the longitudinal direction, are disposed so as to be directly opposite each other. 
     
     
         6 . The adapter according to  claim 1 , wherein the side webs, the connecting web, and the latching projections are formed so as to transition into one another in an integral manner and are made of the same material. 
     
     
         7 . The adapter according to  claim 6 , wherein the side webs, the connecting webs, and the latching projections consist of a corrosion-resistant material.