Mounting device for vacuum cleaner accessory

• US 7,478,456 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2004
• Issued: 01/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Black & Decker Incorporated (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Riley, Martyn, Barker, David, Pears, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson; Lee D
• Application Number:
  US10/877,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20050028317A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,670 Days
• Field of Search: 153/23, 154/14, 153/271, 153/37, 153/39
• US Class Current: 15/323
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0045 specially adapted for holding the suction tube
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/248 Parts, details or accessories of hoses or pipes nozzles A47L9/02

Abstract

A mounting device 202 for mounting accessories 258, 260 of a vacuum cleaner to an elongate tube 94 of the vacuum cleaner for storage is disclosed. The device 202 comprises a collar 244 for mounting to the elongate tube 94 and a body portion 256 has open ends for accommodating accessories 258, 260 for storage. The device 202 also includes a latching portion 204 for releasably mounting the device to a housing of the vacuum cleaner.

Claims

1. A mounting device for mounting an accessory of a vacuum cleaner to an elongate tube of the vacuum cleaner for storage of the accessory, the device comprising:

a body portion mountable to the elongate tube of the vacuum cleaner;

a support portion for supporting the accessory for storage on the vacuum cleaner;

a latch portion extending from said body portion for releasably mounting the body portion to a housing of the vacuum cleaner; and

a first engaging member on one of said body portion or support portion, and a second engaging member on the other of said body portion or support portion for removable engagement with said first engaging member to couple said body portion to said support portion.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first engaging member is a slot that engages a projection on the second engaging member.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein said slot has a closed end for limiting the sliding movement of the slot relative to the projection.

2. A mounting device for mounting accessory of a vacuum cleaner to an elongate tube of the vacuum cleaner for storage of the accessory, the device comprising:

a body portion mountable to the elongate tube of the vacuum cleaner;

a support portion for supporting the accessory for storage on the vacuum cleaner,

a latch portion extending from said body portion for releasably mounting the body portion to a housing of the vacuum cleaner;

wherein the body portion comprises a split annular member that is secured to the elongate tube and having a projection extending therefrom, the support portion having a slot for engaging the projection to releasably secure the support portion to the body portion.