Very useful idea. I could see this as a exterior house cleaning aid to sweep out cracks and clean off spider webs, walls, and siding with a telescoping handle. The mop would clean glass or windows. The folding action is awesome for storage purposes. Keep it going!

http://www.quirky.com/ideations/224936

ya make sure it can get in between the stove and counter. fridge and counter...good one!

It is a great idea. I would buy this product. Great.

I like the idea. Great job!
http://www.quirky.com/ideations/158911

i like it great idea best of luck

http://www.quirky.com/ideations/158422

sounds like a great idea

It seems like a good idea :)

Whatever the result, it must be named "The Broomop".

As well, I feel like one of the decisions that must be made is whether the device opens "up" (starts out a mop, folds at the the middle and lifts up to the sides) or if it opens "down" (the broom being created by the meeting of the edges of the mop with the middle/fold being pulled upwards/inside the device).

*I hope this is clear (difficult to explain)

I would choose the latter and have the device start as a flat/horizontal surface and pull inwards towards the user and have the edges of the mop meet and create the broom.

The way in which the user should do this could/should be a sliding handle on the shaft (attached to the middle of the folding mop) of the broom that clicks into place with a simple lock with a release button. This way, the "thing" that pulls the broom upwards could be hidden inside the device itself.

At the other end (part that is attached to the pad/bristles) of the "thing", it would have to attach to the middle of the pad/bristles and be pulled inside the bottom of the shaft (which must be slightly larger with some kind of containing device to engulf the inward drawn part of the pad/bristle).

I hope that you can understand/visualize what i am trying to say. Just some ideas as to how it should work (in my opinion).

Wolf Garten (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wolf+garten&x=0&y=0) already has this product and they go many many steps further and include:

Six length handles (14", 55", 59", 67", 86.5", 118")
Several types of handle (flat, long, D Grip, straight)

And a huge variety of heads with more on the way - and these are very high quality products, lifetime products:

The ones with the asterisks are what you're proposing:

Push Pull Weeder
Tree Saw
Mini Rake
Outdoor Broom ************************
Soil Crumbler
Draw Hoe
Garden Rake
Fruit Picker
Bypass Pruner
Mini Weeder / Cultivator
Soil Cultivator
Bow Rake
Window Washer
Interlocken Fork
Mini Soil Rake
Tree Lopper
Interlocken Trowel
Flat Tines Adjustable Rake
Mini Planting Hoe
Multi-star Aerator Rake
Garden Join Scraper
Trowel
Weed Extractor
Duo Hoe
Hedge Sheer
Long Span Rake
Squeegee
Lawn Edge Trimmer
Half Moon Edger
Folding Saw
Pendulum Weeder
Cultivator
Flat Spring Steel Tines Garden Rake
Pond / Pool Net
Seed Sower
Flexi Broom (like a house broom) ************************
Scarifying Roller Rake
Floral Hoe
Frame Saw
Flower Fork
Dustpan ************************

I use both items all the time...to combine them is sheer genius.