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Quick release wand for cannister vacuum cleaner

  • US 4,700,429 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1986
  • Issued: 10/20/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vacuum cleaner having a wheeled nozzle, and a tubular wand for providing suction to the nozzle, an improved quick connect/release connection means comprising:

  • a tubular connector swivelly mounted to said nozzle, said connector defining a distal end, a through opening spaced from said distal end, and a guide portion extending from said distal end to said opening;

    means on said wand for locking an end portion of the wand received in said connector releasably to the connector including a latch and means resiliently biasing the latch to project outwardly from said end of the wand, said guide portion being arranged to guide said latch into said opening in the connector as a result of insertion of the wand end portion into the connector for releasably locking the wand end portion to the connector;

    a release lever; and

    means for movably mounting said release lever to said connector, said release lever having a foot pedal portion engageable by a user'"'"'s foot for urging said latch inwardly from said opening against the action of the biasing means to permit withdrawal of the wand end portion from the connector.

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