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Flexible crevice tool for vacuum cleaners

  • US 9,277,845 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2007
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An accessory tool for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a body having an attachment end for attachment to a suction hose and an elongated portion having an exterior surface, a substantially smooth interior surface defining an air flow channel, and a nozzle opening in fluid communication with the air flow channel for ingestion of debris-containing air; and

    a plurality of spaced furrows formed in the exterior surface transverse to a longitudinal axis of the body, the furrows having a relatively narrow width as compared with the spacing on each side of the furrows;

    wherein the elongated portion has two spaced, straight side walls joined by a curved upper wall and a curved lower wall which together define a cross-sectional configuration perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;

    wherein the furrows are shaped and the elongated portion is made of a material that is selected to impart flexibility to the elongated portion transversely to the longitudinal axis;

    wherein the nozzle opening comprises a rim that lies in a plane at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the body; and

    where the furrows lie in planes that are parallel to the plane of the rim.

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