Mop handle stabilizer

Claim 1

A mop handle retention device adapted to hold a mop within a mop bucket comprising: a bucket attachment member adapted to be affixed to the inside top of said bucket; means to affix said bucket attachment member to the inside of said bucket; a first bucket attachment side member extending outward from said bucket attachment member; a second bucket attachment side member extending outward from said bucket attachment member parallel to said first bucket attachment member; a bucket attachment member front interconnecting said first bucket attachment member's first side and said bucket attachment member's second side, the top of said bucket attachment member front being positioned below the top of said bucket attachment member's first and second sides all defining therebetween a bucket attachment receipt slot; a handle attachment member having a handle receipt slot defined therein adapted to receive and to be engaged upon a mop handle; handle attachment means to attach securely said handle attachment member to said mop handle; a mop handle attachment projection member extending from said handle attachment means downward and parallel to said mop handle having a projection slot defined between said mop handle attachment projection member and the body of said handle attachment member, said projection slot having a width approximately the same as the width of said bucket attachment member front, said mop handle attachment projection member being tapered and adapted for easy engagement into said bucket attachment receipt slot, said mop handle attachment projection member having an inner tapered projection extending upward to said projection slot all adapted for said mop handle attachment projection member to be inserted and engaged into said bucket attachment member's receipt slot and for said projection member to contact the inner side of said projection slot and said bucket attachment member to contact the top of said projection slot.