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Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,752 · App. 18/320,459 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Multi-chamber mop bucket and mop bucket lid

Inventor: Matthew Movalson (Austin, TX)
A47L13/51A47L13/20A47L13/58A47L13/60A47L13/24A47L13/258
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,446,752
App. No.
18/320,459
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lid for a mop bucket is disclosed. The lid includes an attachment mechanism configured to removably attach the lid to a mop bucket. The lid includes a first opening configured to receive clean water. The lid includes a second opening configured to receive: (i) a mop head and (ii) a mop handle that is rotatable with respect to the mop head. The lid includes a third opening configured to allow dirty water to pass through. The lid includes a fourth opening positioned between the first opening and the second opening. The fourth opening is configured to receive a knob attached to the mop bucket such that the knob is rotatable while the knob is received by the fourth opening.

Claims (29)

1. A system, comprising:

a mop bucket, comprising:

an attachment mechanism;

a first chamber, comprising:

a first open top; and

a first-chamber wall comprising:

a first portion;

a second portion shaped to receive a mop head and a mop handle that is rotatable with respect to the mop head and;

an opening proximate to a bottom side of the mop bucket;

a second chamber, comprising:

a second open top;

a first second-chamber wall comprising the second portion of the first-chamber wall; and

a second second-chamber wall;

a third chamber, comprising:

an third open top;

an outlet positioned proximate to the bottom side of the mop bucket; and

a third-chamber wall comprising the first portion of the first-chamber wall and the second second-chamber wall; and

a rotatable knob coupled to the second portion of the first-chamber wall and comprising a lever configured to:

expose the opening of the second portion of the first-chamber wall when the knob is rotated in a first axial direction; and

cover the opening when the knob is rotated in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction;

a lid for the mop bucket, comprising:

a lid attachment mechanism configured to removably attach the lid to the mop bucket;

a first opening configured to receive clean water into the first chamber while the lid is attached to the mop bucket;

a second opening providing access to the second chamber while the lid is attached to the mop bucket and configured to receive a mop head and a mop handle that is rotatable with respect to the mop head;

a third opening configured to allow dirty water to pass through from the third chamber while the lid is attached to the mop bucket; and

a fourth opening positioned between the first opening and the second opening and configured to receive the knob such that the knob is rotatable while the knob is received by the fourth opening.

2. The system of claim 1 , the second opening comprising a first edge, the first edge comprising an outward protrusion of the opening shaped to accommodate the mop handle of the.

3. The system of claim 2 , the second opening further comprising a second edge opposite the first edge, the second edge comprising a scraper facing an interior of the second opening and configured to contact the mop head as the mop head moves through the second opening.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a mop bucket handle rotatably coupled to at least one interior surface of the mop bucket.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 18312508 · May 4, 2023
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