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Invention embodiments comprise two separate and distinct parts, a mop support device and a cap embodying a tubular portion defining a through passage which is tapped intermediate its ends, to enable a secure balanced connection thereof to a mop handle. In the embodiment illustrated the mop support d

Invention embodiments comprise two separate and distinct parts, a mop support device and a cap embodying a tubular portion defining a through passage which is tapped intermediate its ends, to enable a secure balanced connection thereof to a mop handle. In the embodiment illustrated the mop support device is comprised of a narrow elongated plate-like saddle portion one face of which mounts a plurality of parallel, relatively spaced, perpendicularly projected pins and coupling elements which project therefrom in generally the same direction as the pins. Projected portions of said coupling elements interrelate with complementary engaging elements disposed within and forming part of the cap. The mop support device is easily applied to and through a mop to establish its saddle portion and pins in underlying engaged relation to a distinct portion of the applied mop which is set within the limits of its projected coupling elements. Upon coupling the mop support device to the cap, the portion of the mop supported thereby and engaged by its pins is clamped to longitudinally spaced lower edges of plate-like ribs formed within said cap. Said pins and said plate-like ribs are so positioned and interrelated as to firmly engage the portion of the mop therebetween in a relatively offset relation, by virtue of which the mop is securely but releasably anchored to its connector in a positively balanced condition which lends optimal ease and efficiency in use thereof.

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Apparatus for connecting a mop to a handle comprising a mop support and a cap which are separate and distinct elements, said mop support comprising a narrow elongated saddle portion having at each end of one surface thereof means defining a relatively projected, self stabilized support strap, said s

Apparatus for connecting a mop to a handle comprising a mop support and a cap which are separate and distinct elements, said mop support comprising a narrow elongated saddle portion having at each end of one surface thereof means defining a relatively projected, self stabilized support strap, said support straps having a limited degree of flexibility and being laterally aligned and normally conditioned to position in a relatively outwardly biased divergent relation, said saddle portion of said mop support being adapted to mount a mop over, in draped relation thereto, and intermediate the limits thereof defined by said support straps, said support straps each having coupling means in connection therewith, said cap being an integral shell-like structure having a top and a peripherally dependent wall structure the dependent limit of which bounds an opening at its bottom and includes means for the interconnection thereto of a mop handle, said peripherally dependent wall structure being rectangular and oblong in horizontal section, the opposite most remote inner side wall surfaces of said dependent wall structure defining the limits of the length thereof, each of said opposite most remote portions of the inner surface of said wall structure having strap retention means in connection therewith, said retention means being cup shaped at least in part, disposed within the interior of said cap and, in the assembled relation of said mop support and said cap, respectively nesting coupling means of one of said support straps, within the cup shaped part thereof in the interior of said cap, in a laterally contained biased relation thereto precluding inadvertent or accidental displacement of said mop support from said cap, said strap retention means each comprising two strap-like portions which are in a side by side spaced parallel relation, connected at one end to one of said remote opposite portions of said inner surface of said wall structure and projected therefrom in the direction of the other of said remote opposite surface portions of said inner surface of said wall structure and the strap-like portions of the retention means which project therefrom.