CLEANING DEVICE
A cleaning device having a cleaning head assembly and a handle assembly is provided. The assemblies are removably attached to one another by a locking mechanism that includes a female attachment portion having a receptacle and being affixed to a cleaning head, and a male attachment portion having a locking projection and being affixed to a handle and adapted for removable engagement with the female attachment portion. The locking projection on the male attachment portion is biased to engage the receptacle in the female attachment portion so as to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the handle together.
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39 . A system of interchangeable products including:
a cleaning head having a female attachment portion;
a handle having a male attachment portion for releasable engagement with the female attachment portion of the cleaning head; and
a hanging mechanism having a male attachment portion for releasable engagement with the female attachment portion of the cleaning head for display of the cleaning head.
40 . The system according to claim 39 , wherein the female attachment portion has a receptacle and the male attachment portion of both the handle and the hanging mechanism has a locking projection engageable with the receptacle to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the handle/hanging mechanism together.
41 . The system according to claim 40 , wherein the male attachment portion of the hanging mechanism is adapted to be received in the female attachment portion and the locking projection is adapted to extend out of the female attachment portion when engaged with the receptacle.
42 . The system according to claim 40 , wherein the locking projection of the hanging mechanism has an opening extending therethrough for receiving a securing member to prevent disengagement of the locking projection of the hanging mechanism from the receptacle of the female attachment portion.
43 . The system according to claim 42 , wherein when engaged, the opening in the locking projection is out of the female attachment portion past the receptacle.
44 . The system according to claim 39 , wherein the hanging mechanism includes a laterally extending portion substantially perpendicular to the male attachment portion such that the hanging mechanism is substantially t-shaped, and wherein the laterally extending portion is configured to interact with one or more rails extending from a display wall.
45 . The system according to claim 44 , wherein the laterally extending portion includes a guide extending from both ends of the laterally extending portion in a direction parallel to the male attachment portion.
46 . A system of interchangeable products including:
a cleaning head having a female attachment portion; and
a hanging mechanism having a male attachment portion for releasable engagement with the female attachment portion of the cleaning head for display of the cleaning head,
wherein the female attachment portion has a receptacle for receiving and engaging with the male attachment portion to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the hanging mechanism together.
47 . The system according to claim 46 , wherein the receptacle has threads for mating with threads on the male attachment portion to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the hanging mechanism together.
48 . The system according to claim 46 , wherein the male attachment portion has a locking portion engageable with the receptacle to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the hanging mechanism together.
49 . The system according to claim 48 , wherein the male attachment portion of the hanging mechanism is adapted to be received in the female attachment portion and the locking projection is adapted to extend out of the female attachment portion when engaged with the receptacle.
50 . The system according to claim 48 , wherein the locking projection of the hanging mechanism has an opening extending therethrough for receiving a securing member to prevent disengagement of the locking projection of the hanging mechanism from the receptacle of the female attachment portion.
51 . The system according to claim 50 , wherein when engaged, the opening in the locking projection extends out of the female attachment portion past the receptacle.
52 . The system according to claim 46 , wherein the hanging mechanism includes a laterally extending portion substantially perpendicular to the male attachment portion such that the hanging mechanism is substantially t-shaped, and wherein the laterally extending portion is configured to interact with a pair of rail arms extending from a display wall.
53 . The system according to claim 52 , wherein the laterally extending portion includes a guide extending from both ends of the laterally extending portion in a direction parallel to the male attachment portion.
54 . A hanging mechanism including:
a male attachment portion adapted to be received in a female attachment portion of a cleaning head for display of the cleaning head, the male attachment portion having a locking projection engageable with a receptacle of the female attachment portion to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the hanging mechanism together; and
a laterally extending portion substantially perpendicular to the male attachment portion such that the hanging mechanism is substantially t-shaped,
wherein the laterally extending portion is configured to interact with a pair of rail arms extending from a display wall.
55 . The system according to claim 54 , wherein the laterally extending portion includes a guide extending from both ends of the laterally extending portion in a direction parallel to the male attachment portion.
56 . The system according to claim 54 , wherein the locking projection is adapted to extend out of the female attachment portion when engaged with the receptacle.
57 . The system according to claim 54 , wherein the locking projection of the hanging mechanism has an opening extending therethrough for receiving a securing member to prevent disengagement of the locking projection of the hanging mechanism from the receptacle of the female attachment portion.