Cleaning apparatus

Abstract

The apparatus has a head and handle assembly; a mop pad and height adjusting scrubbing brushes to engage or disengage scrubbing brushes located in a periphery of the mop pad.

What is desired to be claimed in Letters Patent is: 
     
         1 . A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
 (a) a handle assembly, having a first and second end, to enable a user to hold the cleaning apparatus; and   (b) a cleaning head, having a top and bottom side, wherein the top side is coupled to one end of the handle assembly, and further comprising:
 i) a mop pad, for absorbing liquid, is coupled to the bottom side of the cleaning head, and having a cleaning surface; 
 ii) a scrubbing bristle section, positioned at least on a portion of a periphery of the mop pad, having a plurality of cleaning tips at one end of the scrubbing bristle section; and 
 iii) a height adjustment mechanism, coupled to the scrubbing bristle section and the cleaning head, and having a first position that orients the plurality of cleaning tips lower than the mop pad cleaning surface, to inhibit the mop pad from contacting a surface, and a second position that orients the plurality of cleaning tips to be at least level with the mop pad cleaning surface to not inhibit the mop pad from contacting the surface. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a) at least one spraying nozzle, coupled to the cleaning head;   b) a liquid containing device, coupled to the cleaning apparatus, for holding cleaning solution; and   c) a trigger mechanism to activate the spraying of the cleaning solution from the nozzle.   
     
     
         3 . The cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the height adjusting mechanism is a screw, upon turning one way or an other the plurality of cleaning of the scrubbing bristles will lower or raise relative to the cleaning surface of the mop pad.