Cleaner holder

• US 10,194,779 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Namhee, Nam, Bohyun, Hwang, Jungbae, Kim, Jinju, Bae, Sehwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Carlson, Marc
• Application Number:
  US15/918,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199778A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/00 Structural features of suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/225 Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/26 with driven dust-loosening tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/28 Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle A47L5/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/00 Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0063 External storing devices; Stands, casings or the like for the storage of suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/28 Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2873 Docking units or charging stations for autonomous or robotic vacuum cleaners A47L2201/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2884 Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A cleaner holder includes: a first body having a first charging port configured to charge a cleaner; a second body protruding from the first body to support the cleaner; and a battery accommodating space recessed in one surface of the second body and configured to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the second body.

Claims

1. A cleaner holder comprising:

a first body that includes a first charging port, the first charging port being configured to charge a cleaner in a vertical orientation;

a second body that protrudes from the first body and that is configured to support a dust container of the cleaner in the vertical orientation; and

a battery accommodating space that is defined in the second body, the battery accommodating space being recessed from an upper surface of the second body and configured to receive a cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner,

wherein the second body includes a second charging port within the battery accommodating space, the second charging port being configured to charge the detached cleaner battery, and

wherein the dust container of the cleaner is configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container of the cleaner, cover at least a portion of the battery accommodating space.

2. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the second body includes a front surface that is located rearward of a front end of the dust container based on the second body supporting the dust container.

3. The cleaner holder of claim 2, wherein the second body protrudes in a forward direction from a front surface of the first body, and

wherein a distance in the forward direction from the front surface of the first body to the front surface of the second body is less than a distance in the forward direction from the front surface of the first body to the front end of the dust container based on the second body supporting the dust container.

4. The cleaner holder of claim 3, wherein a width of the second body between side surfaces in a lateral direction transverse to the forward direction is greater than a width of the dust container in the lateral direction.

5. The cleaner holder of claim 3, wherein the first charging port is located at the front surface of the first body vertically above the dust container based on the second body supporting the dust container.

6. The cleaner holder of claim 3, wherein the second body defines a first groove that is located at the front surface of the second body,

wherein the first body defines a second groove that is recessed from the front surface of the first body,

wherein the first and second grooves are configured to communicate with the battery accommodating space and to provide grip to the cleaner battery received in the battery accommodating space.

7. The cleaner holder of claim 6, wherein the battery accommodating space is located between the first groove and the second groove,

wherein the first groove has an upper portion configured to be covered by the dust container based on the second body supporting the dust container, and

wherein the second groove include a front portion configured to be covered by the dust container based on the second body supporting the dust container.

8. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises an accessory holder located at a bottom surface of the second body and configured to receive a nozzle that has been detached from the cleaner.

9. The cleaner holder of claim 8, wherein the accessory holder comprises a plurality of accessory holders located at the bottom surface of the second body.

10. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the first charging port is located vertically above the second charging port and configured to charge the cleaner in the vertical orientation independent of the second charging port.

11. The cleaner holder of claim 1, further comprising:

a base configured to rest on ground; and

a support that extends from the first body to the base,

wherein the support is configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container of the cleaner, transfer a first portion of a weight of the cleaner to the base.

12. The cleaner holder of claim 11, wherein the base is configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container, support a suction nozzle of the cleaner that is configured to contact the base and to transfer a second portion of the weight of the cleaner to the base.

13. The cleaner holder of claim 12, wherein the base is configured to receive the second portion of the weight of the cleaner through an extension tube that extends from the dust container to the suction nozzle in a direction parallel to the support.

14. The cleaner holder of claim 12, wherein the base protrudes forward from the suction nozzle of the cleaner based on the base supporting the suction nozzle of the cleaner.

15. The cleaner holder of claim 12, wherein the base includes an upper surface that is inclined with respect to ground, and

wherein the upper surface of the base includes a front portion configured to contact the suction nozzle and a connection portion located rearward of the front portion and configured to be coupled to the support.

16. The cleaner holder of claim 15, wherein the upper surface of the base defines a recess located at the front portion and configured to contact the suction nozzle.

17. The cleaner holder of claim 15, wherein the second body protrudes in a forward direction from a front surface of the first body, and

wherein a distance from the connection portion to a front end of the base is greater than a distance from the front surface of the first body to a front surface of the second body.

18. The cleaner holder of claim 17, wherein the upper surface of the base further includes a rear end located rearward of the connection portion,

wherein the distance from the connection portion to the front end of the base is greater than a distance from the connection portion to the rear end of the base, and

wherein the rear end of the base protrudes rearward of a rear surface of the support.

19. The cleaner holder of claim 18, wherein the rear surface of the support is coplanar with a rear surface of the first body.

20. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the first body includes a rear surface configured to rest on ground and to support the cleaner in a horizontal orientation transverse to the vertical orientation, and

wherein the first body is configured to support the dust container and a battery holder of the cleaner located adjacent to the dust container on a surface of the first body.