Mop bucket

Claim 2

A mop bucket comprising, in combination, a bucket portion having a bottom, side walls, and end walls, said bottom having four edges joining the said end walls and side walls, said end walls and side walls terminating at their upper portion defining a generally coplanar top rim, the end walls and side walls being joined at their edge portions, a handle having a generally U-shaped configuration comprising a pair of opposed legs, and a handgrip base portion, a handle mount for pivotally mounting the open end portion of the U-shaped handle legs at the free end of said legs to the side portions of said bucket at a position beneath the top rim, a lock closely adjacent the top rim of the bucket for removably and lockingly securing the legs and handle generally in the upright position, a mop handle holder secured to said handle at a point offset from the center thereof and operatively opening toward one side of the bucket, thereby providing a handle portion on the bucket which when elevated locks in place in the approximately vertical position, and thereafter the holder for the mop handle receives the same and holds it at an angle.

Claim 3

In the mop bucket of claim 1 above, said bucket bottom having a width not exceeding twice the width of the mop intended for use therewith.

Claim 4

In the mop bucket of claim 2 above, said bucket bottom having a length substantially double its width.

Claim 5

In the mop bucket of claim 1 above, said mop handle holder being pivotally secured within a recessed portion provided in the base portion of the bucket handle.

Claim 6

In the mop bucket of claim 1 above, said handle mount being secured to said side portions of said bucket at a portion immediately beneath the rim, said lock being provided with a latch porTion offset from a stop portion defining a gap therebetween to nestingly receive the adjacent leg portion of said bucket handle.

Claim 7

In the mop bucket of claim 1 above, said mop handle holder comprising an arm having a crotch and terminating in a pivotal portion at its end, said pivotal portion having means for securing the same to a knob extending from the hand grip portion of said handle, whereby upon rotating the knob portion the holder can be extended from the handgrip portion of the handle to receive the handle of a mop positioned within the mop bucket, and, remove back into a recessed nesting relationship within the handle when the bucket is not being used with the mop handle.

Claim 8

In the mop bucket of claim 4 above, said holder being secured to the handle of the mop bucket at a position between the midportion thereof and the adjacent leg.

Claim 9

In the mop bucket of claim 6 above, said holder being secured to the handle of the mop bucket at a position between the midportion thereof and the adjacent leg.

Claim 10

A mop bucket comprising, in combination, a bucket portion having a bottom, side walls, and end walls, said bottom having four edges joining the said end walls and side walls, said end walls and side walls terminating at their upper portion defining a generally coplanar top rim, the end walls and side walls being joined at their edge portions, a handle having a generally U-shaped configuration comprising a pair of opposed legs, and a handgrip base portion, mounting means for pivotally mounting the open end portion of the U-shaped handle legs at the free end of said legs to the side portions of said bucket at a position beneath the top rim, locking means closely adjacent the top rim of the bucket for removably and lockingly securing the legs and handle generally in the upright position, and stopped against movement beyond the upright position from one end portion of said bucket, mop handle holder means secured to said handle at a point offcentered from the handgrip portion thereof and operatively opening toward that end of the bucket opposite the stop on the lock mechanism and adjacent which the handgrip portion of the bucket handle retracts, thereby providing a handle portion on the bucket which when elevated locks in place in the approximately vertical position, and thereafter the holding means for the mop handle receives the same in the half of the bucket above the retractable portion of the handle of the bucket.

Claim 11

A mop bucket comprising, in combination, a bucket portion having a bottom, side walls, and end walls, said bottom having four edges joining the said end walls and side walls, said end walls and side walls terminating at their upper portion defining a generally coplanar top rim, the end walls and side walls being joined at their edge portions, a handle having a generally U-shaped configuration comprising a pair of opposed legs, and a handgrip base portion, mounting means for pivotally mounting the open end portion of the U-shaped handle legs at the free end of said legs to the side portions of said bucket at a position beneath the top rim, locking means closely adjacent the top rim of the bucket for removably and lockingly securing the legs and handle generally in the upright position, and stopped against movement beyond the upright position from one end portion of said bucket, mop handle holder means secured to said handle at a point offcentered from the handgrip portion thereof and operatively opening toward that end of the bucket opposite the stop on the lock mechanism and adjacent which the handgrip portion of the bucket handle retracts, thereby providing a handle portion on the bucket which when elevated locks in place in the approximately vertical position, and thereafter the holding means for the mop handle receives the same in the half of the bucket above the retractable portion of the handle of the bucket.

Claim 12

In the mop bucket of claim 9 above, said bucket bottom having a width not exceeding twice the width of the mop intended for use therewith.

Claim 13

In the mop bucket of claim 10 above, said bucket bottom having a length substantially double its width.

Claim 14

In the mop bucket of claim 9 above, said mop handle holder means being pivotally secured within a recessed portion provided in the base handgrip portion of said bucket handle.