Upright converter for portable vacuum
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1. An upright converter for a portable hand-held vacuum having nozzle and handle portions, comprising:
- an adapter cooperating with said nozzle portion of said vacuum in a position for operation thereof;
an adapter cooperating with said handle portion of said vacuum at a location remote from said nozzle adapter;
means interconnecting said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter such that said vacuum is retained between said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter; and
handle means extending from at least one of said nozzle and handle adapters to a position to be gripped by a user in upright vacuum fashion.
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Abstract
An upright converter for a portable hand-held vacuum having nozzle and handle portions. The upright converter includes an adapter cooperating with the nozzle portion of the vacuum in a position for operation thereof and an adapter cooperating with the handle portion of the vacuum at a location remote from the nozzle adapter where the nozzle adapter and the handle adapter are interconnected such that the vacuum is retained therebetween. In addition, the upright converter includes a handle extending to a position to be gripped by a user in upright vacuum fashion.
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22 Claims
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1. An upright converter for a portable hand-held vacuum having nozzle and handle portions, comprising:
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an adapter cooperating with said nozzle portion of said vacuum in a position for operation thereof; an adapter cooperating with said handle portion of said vacuum at a location remote from said nozzle adapter; means interconnecting said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter such that said vacuum is retained between said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter; and handle means extending from at least one of said nozzle and handle adapters to a position to be gripped by a user in upright vacuum fashion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An upright converter for a portable hand-held vacuum having nozzle and handle portions, comprising:
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an adapter having an opening for receiving and orienting said nozzle portion of said vacuum in a position for optimum operation thereof, said opening communicating with a vacuum chamber in said nozzle adapter arranged for placement over a surface to be vacuumed; an adapter having a recess for receiving and containing said handle portion of said vacuum at a location remote from said nozzle adapter, said recess defining a handle conforming chamber in said handle adapter designed for receiving said handle portion of said vacuum in telescoping fashion; means interconnecting said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter such that said vacuum is retained between said nozzle adapter and said handle adapter, said interconnecting means retaining said nozzle portion of said vacuum in said nozzle adapter opening, said interconnecting means retaining said handle portion of said vacuum in said handle adapter recess; and handle means extending from at least said handle adapter to a position to be gripped by a user in upright vacuum fashion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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