Combined decorative storage housing and vacuum cleaner

• US 5,205,013 A
• Filed: 08/26/1991
• Issued: 04/27/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lopes Gene M
• Original Assignee: Flash VOS Inc.
• Inventors: Lopes, Gene
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, CHRISTOPHER K
• Application Number:
  US07/750,067
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 15/301, 15/323, 15/310, 15/336, 248/146
• US Class Current: 15/301
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/38 Built-in suction cleaner installations, i.e. with fixed tube system to which, at different stations, hoses can be connected
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0066 adapted for removing nail dust, hair or the like

Abstract

A combined vacuum cleaner storage housing and foot operated vacuum cleaner for use in salons to dispose of cut hair. The apparatus features a plant storage and display area and is formed of four vertical walls, one of which preferably the rear has an access door therein. The unit sits on a base which has a front opening which communicates with a throat which receives the hair and which in turn communicates with the intake member of a Shop-Vac® or equal vacuum cleaner disposed within the housing.

Claims

1. A combined vacuum cleaner storage housing and vacuum cleaner for use by barbers, hair stylists and pet groomers to dispose of cut hair which comprises:

a. a main body having an interior and an exterior, said body being formed from spaced generally vertical front, and rear walls and spaced side walls normal thereto, one of which includes an access door to the interior thereof;

b. a storage area formed in the top of said body and defined by (I) a generally horizontally disposed top shelf, the extent of which in one direction is less than the distance between one of the two pair of opposed spaced walls of the main body, and (II) a pair of spaced parallel upstanding divider members attached to said shelf and two of said walls,

c. a second shelf spaced down from the top shelf disposed within the interior for receipt of a canister vacuum cleaner said second shelf having an opening therein for disposition of one end of a canister vacuum cleaner intake member;

d. a throat defined by a cross brace disposed beneath said second shelf, which cross brace has an opening, and a pair of diverging throat definers which extend from opposite sides of said cross brace opening;

e. a canister vacuum intake member disposed between said central opening of said throat and the opening in said second shelf;

f. a canister vacuum disposed on said second shelf;

g. means fluidly connecting said canister vacuum to said intake member

wherein one of said vertical walls has a bottom opening fluidly communicating the space outside of said storage housing with said cross brace opening.

2. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the main body sits on a base having an opening therein, said bottom opening passing through said base and fluidly communicating the space outside of said storage housing with and said throat;

3. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the base is integral to the main body.

4. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein at least three of the walls comprise a subwall and skin applied thereto.

5. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 4 wherein each of the subwall and the skin have an upper edge, both of which upper edges are overlaid with a trim molding.

6. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 4 wherein the skin applied is a mirror.

7. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the access door to the interior is in the rear wall.

8. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the access door to the interior is in the front wall.

12. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the interior is lined with sound deadening insulation.

13. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 8 wherein the front door is hingedly secured in place and has a handle thereon.

9. A combined vacuum cleaner storage housing and vacuum cleaner for use by barbers, hair stylists and pet groomers to dispose of cut hair which comprises:

a. a main body having an interior and an exterior, said body being formed from spaced generally vertical front, and rear walls and spaced side walls normal thereto, the rear one of which includes an access door to the interior thereof;

b. a storage area formed in the top of said body and defined by (I) a generally horizontally disposed top shelf, the extent of which in one direction is less than the distance between one of the two pair of opposed spaced walls of the main body, and (II) a pair of spaced parallel upstanding divider members attached to said shelf and two of said walls,

c. a second shelf spaced down from the top shelf disposed within the interior for receipt of a canister vacuum cleaner said second shelf having an opening therein for disposition of one end of a canister vacuum cleaner nozzle;

d. a throat defined by a cross brace disposed beneath said second shelf, which cross brace has an opening, and a pair of diverging throat definers which extend from opposite sides of said opening of said throat to a base;

e. a canister vacuum intake member disposed between said central opening of said throat and the opening in said second shelf;

f. a canister vacuum disposed on said second shelf;

g. means fluidly connecting said canister vacuum to said intake member

h. said base having an opening therein in fluid communication with the opening of said throat.

10. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 9 wherein at least three of the walls comprise a subwall and skin applied thereto.

11. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 9 wherein the skin applied is a mirror;

and each of said walls has an upper edge, and wherein a trim molding overlies said edges.

14. The combined storage housing and vacuum cleaner of claim 10 wherein the interior is lined with sound deadening insulation.

15. A vacuum cleaner storage housing for a vacuum cleaner for use by barbers, hair stylists and pet groomers to dispose of cut hair which comprises:

a. a main body having an interior and an exterior, said body being formed from spaced generally vertical front and rear walls, and spaced side walls normal thereto, one of which walls includes an access door to the interior thereof and one of said walls including an opening at the bottom thereof;

b. a storage area formed in the top of said body and defined by (I) a generally horizontally disposed top shelf, the extent of which in one direction is less than the distance between one of the two pair of opposed spaced walls of the main body, and (II) a pair of spaced parallel upstanding divider members attached to said shelf and two of said walls,

c. a second shelf spaced down from the top shelf disposed within the interior for receipt of a canister vacuum cleaner said second shelf having an opening therein for disposition of one end of a canister vacuum cleaner intake member;

d. a throat defined by a cross brace disposed beneath said second shelf, which cross brace has an opening, and a pair of diverging throat definers which extend from opposite sides of said opening of said throat to the opening at the bottom of one of which vertical walls.

16. The storage housing for a vacuum cleaner of claim 15, wherein at least three of the walls comprise a subwall and skin applied thereto.

17. The storage housing for a vacuum cleaner of claim 16, wherein each of the subwall and the skin have an upper edge, both of which upper edges are overlaid with a trim molding.

18. The storage housing for a vacuum cleaner of claim 17, wherein the skin applied is a mirror.

19. The storage housing for a vacuum cleaner of claim 15 wherein the access door to the interior is in the rear wall;

and wherein at least three of the walls comprise a subwall and skin applied thereto.

20. The storage housing for a vacuum cleaner of claim 16, wherein each of the subwall and the skin have an upper edge, both of which upper edges are overlaid with a trim molding.