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Floor cleaning device

  • US 8,813,297 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2010
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floor cleaning device, comprising:

  • a floor cleaning head;

    a component housing including at least one active functional component;

    a pole connectable to said component housing to actuate or interface with said at least one active functional component, said pole including two sections;

    a joint for moving said two pole sections between two different angular orientations, said joint adapted to lock automatically in each of said two different angular orientations; and

    an actuator controllable at a handle portion of said pole to allow a user to selectively unlock said joint and move said two pole sections between said two different angular orientations;

    wherein said joint includes an inner curved sidewall, an adjacent outer curved sidewall, said outer curved sidewall including first and second locking openings corresponding to said two different angular positions of said joint;

    wherein said joint includes a pivot and a biased locking element reciprocatingly slidable about said pivot into and out of respective of said first and second locking openings;

    the floor cleaning device further comprising a disengagement member for moving said biased locking element out of either of said first and second locking openings to unlock said joint; and

    wherein said disengagement member includes first and second legs corresponding to the first and second locking openings, respectively.

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