Mop head attaching assembly

Claim 1

A MOP HEAD SECURING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MOP HANDLE HAVING AN ANNULAR, PERIPHERAL RECESS ADJACENT ONE END, A NON-REMOVABLE MOP HEAD SECURING BAND FORMED OF A STRIP OF RESILIENT, NON-CORROSIVE MATERIAL, THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID BAND BEING ELONGATED AND RELATIVELY NARROW TO PROVIDE A LOOP-FORMING ELEMENT FOR ENCIRCLING A BUNDLE OF MOP STRANDS, SAID ELONGATED ELEMENT TERMINATING AT OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES IN NORMALLY FLAT A LATERALLY ENLARGED, RESILIENT, COMPLEMENTARY, HANDLEEMBRACING COMPONENTS, EACH ADAPTED FOR BENDING TO PARTIALLY ENCIRCLE SAID HANDLE, THE FREE END EDGES OF RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS TERMINATING IN LATERALLY EXTENDING, OUTWARDLY DIRECTED SHOULDERS HAVING BASES WHICH OVERHANG THE ADJACENT OUTER SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, THE INNER FACES OF SAID COMPONENTS BEING PROVIDED, WITH INWARDLY DIRECTED RECESS-ENGAGING PROJECTIONS WHICH ARE ARRANGED PARALLEL WITH AND LIE SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE THE BASES OF RESPECTIVE SHOULDERS, AND AN ANNULAR COLLAR SLIDABLE ON SAID HANDLE AND ADAPTED TO BE FORCED DOWNWARDLY OVER SAID HANDLE-EMBRACING COMPONENTS AND OVER SAID SHOULDERS WITH A LATCH-LIKE ACTION TO UNDERLIE SAID SHOULDERS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID COMPONENTS, RETAINING SAID PROJECTIONS IN SAID GROOVE.