US Patent 10285558 Floor cleaning mop apparatus

A floor cleaning mop apparatus comprises an elongate handle terminating at its lower end in a base plate to which it is attached by a hinged connector. The base plate is releasably engagable in use with an associated double-faced waffle weave floor cleaning cloth. Hook elements on a bottom face of the base plate engage and grab onto a textured pile upper surface of the floor cleaning cloth. A number of spaced-apart engagement portions on the upper surface of the floor cleaning cloth are releasably engagable by the base plate for moving the floor cleaning cloth across a floor surface in use.