Floor care appliance equipped with detachable power cord

• US 20070077810A1
• Filed: 10/05/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nathan Gogel, Yasushi Kondo
• Original Assignee: Nathan Gogel, Yasushi Kondo
• Inventors: Kondo, Yasushi, Gogel, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US11/543,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20070077810A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/505
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/60 Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged

Abstract

A floor care appliance is equipped with a detachable power cord.

Claims

1. A floor care appliance, comprising:

a housing;

a suction generator carried on said housing;

a dirt collection vessel carried on said housing;

an electric power cord receptacle carried on said housing; and

a first electric power cord having a first plug body adapted for engagement with said electric power cord receptacle, a second plug body adapted for engagement with a standard electrical wall outlet and an electric line extending between said first plug body and said second plug body;

wherein said first plug body includes a first series of electrical conductors extending along a first longitudinal axis A and a connection with said electric line extending along a second longitudinal axis B wherein axes A and B define an included angle of less than 180°

.

3. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said included angle is between 135°

and 45°

.

4. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said included angle is about 90°

.

5. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said electric power cord receptacle includes a cavity and said first plug body is at least partially received in said cavity.

6. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said first plug body is substantially L-shaped.

7. The floor care appliance of claim 6, wherein said electric power cord receptacle includes a second series of electrical conductors that mate with said first series of electrical conductors when said first plug body is received in said cavity.

8. The floor care appliance of claim 1, further including a magnetic fastener positively securing said first plug body to said electric power cord receptacle.

9. The floor care appliance of claim 8, wherein said magnetic fastener comprises a first magnet connected to one of said receptacle and said first plug -body.

10. The floor care appliance of claim 9, wherein said magnetic fastener includes a second magnet connected to the other of said receptacle and said first plug body.

11. The floor care appliance of claim 1, further including a releasable lock securing said first plug body to said receptacle.

12. The floor care appliance of claim 11, wherein said lock comprises a resilient fastener carried on said housing.

13. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said floor care appliance includes a second electric power cord having a different length than said first electric power cord.

14. The floor care appliance of claim 1, wherein said housing includes a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly.

15. The floor care appliance of claim 14, wherein said nozzle assembly includes a suction inlet connected to said suction generator.

16. The floor care appliance of claim 15, wherein a rotary agitator is carried by said nozzle assembly and extends across said suction inlet.

17. The floor care appliance of claim 16, wherein said canister assembly is pivotally connected to said nozzle assembly.

2. The floor care appliance of claim l,wherein said included angle is between 150°

and 30°

.

18. A method for improving versatility of a floor cleaning appliance for different applications, comprising;

equipping said floor care appliance with a detachable electric power cord; and

allowing a user to select a detachable electric power cord of desired length when purchasing said floor care appliance.

19. A method for improving versatility of a floor cleaning appliance for different applications, comprising;

providing a user with a choice of multiple detachable electric power cords of differing length.