Stand-on floor scrubber

Abstract

A stand-on floor scrubber is provided to clean floor surfaces and includes a housing, a scrubber head, and drive wheels. The scrubber head may be positioned against a floor to provide scrubbing action during a floor cleaning operation. The housing includes an upright forward housing section and an upright rear housing section that are spaced apart by an operator platform with each of the forward housing section and rear housing section containing operational components of the stand-on floor scrubber, such as batteries and fluid tanks. The operator platform is sloped between the forward and rear housing and provides adjustable support for an operator of the stand-on floor scrubber.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A floor scrubber comprising:
 a base comprising wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;   a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;   a housing extending upwards from said base and comprising an upstanding forward housing spaced apart from an upstanding rear housing; and   a platform extending from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction, wherein said platform is configured to enable an operator to stand thereon while operating said floor scrubber.   
     
     
         2 . The floor scrubber of  claim 1 , further comprising a pad coupled to a rear side of said forward housing, wherein said pad is adapted to provide cushioned anterior support to the operator of said floor scrubber when the operator is disposed on said platform. 
     
     
         3 . The floor scrubber of  claim 1 , wherein said platform curves upward in said forward direction. 
     
     
         4 . The floor scrubber of  claim 3 , wherein said platform extends from said forward side of said rear housing in said forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing. 
     
     
         5 . The floor scrubber of  claim 1 , wherein said platform comprises a left standing surface, a right standing surface, and a center cover, and wherein said standing surfaces are spaced apart by said center cover. 
     
     
         6 . The floor scrubber of  claim 5 , wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction. 
     
     
         7 . The floor scrubber of  claim 5 , wherein said standing surfaces extend from said forward side of said rear housing in said forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing. 
     
     
         8 . The floor scrubber of  claim 1 , wherein said housing houses operational components of said floor scrubber, said operational components comprising a clean fluid tank configured to hold fluid for cleaning the floor, and a recovery tank configured to hold fluid that has already been used to clean the floor. 
     
     
         9 . The floor scrubber of  claim 8 , further comprising a posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing, wherein said posterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned posterior support to the operator while operating said floor scrubber. 
     
     
         10 . The floor scrubber of  claim 9 , further comprising an anterior pad coupled to a rear side of said forward housing, wherein said anterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned anterior support to the operator while operating said floor scrubber. 
     
     
         11 . The floor scrubber of  claim 10 , wherein said platform comprises a left standing surface, a right standing surface, and a center cover, wherein said standing surfaces are spaced apart by said center cover, and wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction. 
     
     
         12 . A floor scrubber comprising:
 a base comprising wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;   a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;   a housing extending upwards from said base, said housing comprising a forward housing spaced apart from a rear housing; and   a left standing surface and a right standing surface spaced apart by a center cover, wherein said center cover is disposed between said forward housing and said rear housing, wherein said standing surfaces extend from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing, and wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction.   
     
     
         13 . The floor scrubber of  claim 12 , wherein said housing houses operational components of said floor scrubber, said operational components comprising a clean fluid tank configured to hold fluid for cleaning the floor, and a recovery tank configured to hold fluid that has already been used to clean the floor. 
     
     
         14 . The floor scrubber of  claim 13 , further comprising a posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing, wherein said posterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned posterior support to the operator of said floor scrubber. 
     
     
         15 . The floor scrubber of  claim 14 , wherein said forward side of said rear housing is angled whereby a lower portion of said posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing is disposed more forwardly relative to a vertical axis than is an upper portion of said posterior pad. 
     
     
         16 . The floor scrubber of  claim 12 , wherein said wheels comprise forward support wheels and center drive wheels, wherein said center drive wheels share a latitudinal axis through a center point of each center drive wheel, and wherein said latitudinal axis is located forward of said forward side of said rear housing. 
     
     
         17 . A floor scrubber comprising:
 a base comprising center drive wheels for movably supporting said floor scrubber on a floor;   a scrubber head movably coupled to said base;   a housing extending upwards from said base, wherein said housing comprises a forward housing spaced apart from a rear housing, and wherein said housing houses operational components of said floor scrubber, said operational components comprising a clean fluid tank configured to hold fluid for cleaning the floor, and a recovery tank configured to hold fluid that has already been used to clean the floor;   a left standing surface and a right standing surface spaced apart by a center cover, wherein said center cover is disposed between said forward housing and said rear housing, wherein said standing surfaces extend from a forward side of said rear housing in a forward direction past a rear side of said forward housing, and wherein said standing surfaces curve upward in said forward direction; and   a posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing;   wherein said center drive wheels share a latitudinal axis through a center point of each center drive wheel, said latitudinal axis being forward of said forward side of said rear housing and rearward of said scrubber head; and   wherein said posterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned posterior support to an operator while operating said floor scrubber.   
     
     
         18 . The floor scrubber of  claim 17 , further comprising an anterior pad coupled to said rearward side of said forward housing, wherein said anterior pad is adapted to provide cushioned anterior support to an operator of said floor scrubber. 
     
     
         19 . The floor scrubber of  claim 18 , wherein said forward side of said rear housing is angled whereby a lower portion of said posterior pad coupled to said forward side of said rear housing is disposed more forwardly relative to a vertical axis than is an upper portion of said posterior pad. 
     
     
         20 . The floor scrubber of  claim 17 , further comprising a steering control and a throttle control, wherein said steering control is coupled to said forward housing and is operable to control the direction of travel of said floor scrubber, wherein said throttle control is rotatably coupled to said steering control, and wherein said throttle control is operable to control the speed of said floor scrubber.