Wet-dry vacuum cleaner with securely nestable tool holder and basket
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a tank having an outside wall;
a lid mounted to the tank;
a motor impeller unit mounted in the lid;
a tool caddy mounted to the outside wall, the tool caddy having at least one slot; and
a basket removably mounted to the tool caddy, the basket including at least one deflectable tab adapted to frictionally interfit into the tool caddy slot, the basket further including a bottom wall from which a continuous side wall upwardly extends.
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Abstract
A wet-dry vacuum cleaner with both a tool caddy and a waste receptacle basket is disclosed which has a mechanism by which the basket can be securely and positively connected to the tool caddy. One of the tool caddy and basket may include a deflectable tab while the other of the tool caddy and basket may include a slot adapted to receive the tab. Upon connecting the basket onto the tool caddy the tab may be inserted into the slot to thus positively connect the basket to the tool caddy and thereby provide a secure attachment.
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a tank having an outside wall;
a lid mounted to the tank;
a motor impeller unit mounted in the lid;
a tool caddy mounted to the outside wall, the tool caddy having at least one slot; and
a basket removably mounted to the tool caddy, the basket including at least one deflectable tab adapted to frictionally interfit into the tool caddy slot, the basket further including a bottom wall from which a continuous side wall upwardly extends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of assembling accessories onto a wet-dry vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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mounting a tool caddy onto a tank of a wet-dry vacuum cleaner, the tool caddy having a plurality of upwardly extending appendages, at least one of the appendages including a slot;
mounting a basket on top of the tool caddy, the basket having a continuous side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall and defining an open top, the bottom wall including a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures receiving one of the tool caddy appendages when the basket is mounted onto the tool caddy, the basket including a tab; and
positively connecting the basket with the tool caddy by engaging the tab into the slot. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A wet-dry vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a tank having a bottom wall and an continuous sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the sidewall defining an open top;
a lid mounted to the open top;
a motor impeller unit mounted in the lid;
a tool caddy mounted against the tank sidewall, the tool caddy having a plurality of appendages adapted to store vacuum tool accessories;
a basket mounted to the tool caddy, the basket including a bottom wall from which a sidewall upwardly extends; and
means for locking the basket onto the tool caddy. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wet-dry vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a tank having an open top;
a lid mounted to the open top;
a motor impeller unit mounted in the lid;
a tool caddy mounted to the wet-dry vacuum cleaner tank, the tool caddy having a plurality of appendages adapted to receive and store vacuum cleaner tools and accessories;
a basket adapted to be mounted on top of the tool caddy, the basket having a bottom wall from which a continuous sidewall upwardly extends, the bottom wall having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive the plurality of tool caddy appendages; and
at least one tab extending from one of the tool caddy and basket, the other of the tool caddy and basket including a slot adapted to receive the tab. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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