IP Library Granted Patent US 9,320,404
Granted Patent B2
US 9,320,404 · App. 13/548,884 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Mop measuring canister and systems and method therefor

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Patent No.
US 9,320,404
App. No.
13/548,884
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mop kit ( 1000 ) for a moping system and method is disclosed. The mop kit includes a canister with a plurality of demarcations ( 110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119 ) disposed along a sidewall. Each demarcation can correspond to a fluid level suitable for saturating a predetermined number of mop heads. The mop kit can also include a bucket ( 400 ) configured to retain the mop heads along a base ( 401 ) of the bucket, as well as the predetermined number of mop heads ( 300 ).

Claims (16)

1. A mop kit, comprising:

a canister comprising a plurality of demarcations disposed along a sidewall, each demarcation indicating a predetermined number of mop heads capable of being saturated by a volume of liquid in the canister;

a bucket configured to retain the predetermined number of mop heads along a base of the bucket; and

the predetermined number of mop heads.

2. The mop kit of claim 1 , further comprising one or more containers of fluid configured for measurement in the canister and for saturation of one or more of the predetermined number of mop heads.

3. The mop kit of claim 2 , further comprising a mop.

4. The mop kit of claim 3 , wherein each of the predetermined number of mop heads comprises one of a hook or loop fastener, and the mop comprises another of the hook or loop fastener.

5. The mop kit of claim 2 , further comprising a dispenser for the one or more containers of fluid.

6. The mop kit of claim 1 , the canister comprising a canister base, the sidewall comprising a tapered sidewall extending from the canister base to a rim, and the volume of liquid in the measurement canister having the each demarcation as an upper limit.

7. The mop kit of claim 6 , the each demarcation comprising a curvilinear demarcator.

8. The mop kit of claim 7 , the plurality of demarcations inversely tapered such that the each demarcation becomes shorter as the tapered sidewall extends from the rim to the canister base.

9. The mop kit of claim 7 , the each of the plurality of demarcations further comprising words “X mops,” wherein X is a value within a predetermined range.

10. The mop kit of claim 9 , the predetermined range comprising values between 1 and 10, inclusive.

11. The mop kit of claim 6 , the number of mop heads comprising microfiber mop heads.

12. The mop kit of claim 11 , the microfiber mop heads comprising about eighty percent polyester and about twenty percent polyamide.

13. The mop kit of claim 6 , the volume of liquid comprising a multiple of six ounces.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
CONVERSION OF ENTITY FROM CORPORATION TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Recorded Oct 31, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 057977/0567 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057927/0091 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058040/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2012
From: GRONIK, MATTHEW S.; DICK, TAMARA L.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 028547/0169 →