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Upright vacuum cleaner

  • US 9,763,548 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2015
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An upright vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a motor configured to drive a fan to induce airflow through the vacuum cleaner and lift debris entrained in the airflow;

    a floor engaging power head comprising an opening through which the airflow enters the power head to ingest debris entrained in the airflow into the vacuum;

    a main support rotatably secured to the power head; and

    a container assembly configured to filter the airflow and thereby collect the debris entrained in the airflow, the container assembly including—

    a container secured to the main support,a door, anda latch assembly including a latch and a cam lock configured to selectively hold the door closed, such that the door is in sealing engagement with the container, the cam lock including a wedge slidably engaging a protrusion of the latch to bias the door toward the container,wherein the container assembly includes at least one sidewall to contain a filter bag within the container assembly, and at least one filter plate offset from the sidewall, and between the sidewall and the filter bag, wherein the filter plate is oriented substantially parallel to the sidewall and includes a plurality of holes extending through the filter plate from a first side of the filter plate to an opposing second side of the filter plate, wherein the first side engages the sidewall of the container assembly and the second side engages the filter bag to maintain the filter bag offset from the sidewall.

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