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1. A combination cleaning apparatus and a holder for securing the cleaning apparatus in an upright position,
said cleaning apparatus including a bracket that forms a locking surface, said holder being selectively engageable with the cleaning apparatus and including a base plate, an upright arm, and a hinge for securing the upright arm to a top surface of the base plate, a top end of the upright arm for engagement with the bracket on the cleaning apparatus so as to lock the cleaning apparatus in position relative to the holder, and the base plate positioned for engagement with a pair of spaced apart wheels of the cleaning apparatus to stabilize the cleaning apparatus, said pair of spaced apart wheels constructed and arranged for support of the cleaning apparatus by contact with a support surface upon which the cleaning apparatus rests, and said upright arm having a storage position and a use position in which the hinge is constructed and arranged so that the upright arm is disposed at an acute angle to the top surface of the base plate so that any force imposed at a top of the cleaning apparatus in a direction away from the cleaning apparatus locks the upright arm with the bracket on the cleaning apparatus, wherein the base plate is positioned, in the use position, to engage with the pair of spaced apart wheels, wherein the base plate has at least one recess facing the pair of spaced apart wheels of the cleaning apparatus, each wheel has a round surface and at least one side surface and the at least one base plate recess has respective orthogonally disposed side and facing engagement surfaces, and wherein the side engagement surface of the recess is disposed in juxtaposition to the side surface of the wheel, and the facing engagement surface of the recess is disposed facing and in juxtaposition to the round surface of the wheel. |