Surface cleaning apparatus
First Claim
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- a) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet;
b) a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor; and
,c) a telescoping push handle comprising upper and lower telescoping longitudinally extending members which are reconfigurable between a retracted position and a first extended position, the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member having a longitudinally extending drive axis and a hand grip portion provided at an upper end of the upper longitudinally extending member, the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member having a first pivot joint provided at an upper end of the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member,wherein the first pivot joint is non-rotationally locked when the push handle is in the retracted position and the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member is pivotal about the first pivot joint when the push handle is in the first extended position.
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Abstract
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, and a telescoping push handle. The cleaning unit comprises an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor. The telescoping push handle comprises upper and lower telescoping longitudinally extending members which are reconfigurable between a retracted position and a first extended position, the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member having a first pivot joint wherein the first pivot joint is non-rotationally locked when the push handle is in the retracted position and the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member is pivotal about the first pivot joint when the push handle is in the first extended position.
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1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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a) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet; b) a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor; and
,c) a telescoping push handle comprising upper and lower telescoping longitudinally extending members which are reconfigurable between a retracted position and a first extended position, the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member having a longitudinally extending drive axis and a hand grip portion provided at an upper end of the upper longitudinally extending member, the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member having a first pivot joint provided at an upper end of the lower telescoping longitudinally extending member, wherein the first pivot joint is non-rotationally locked when the push handle is in the retracted position and the upper telescoping longitudinally extending member is pivotal about the first pivot joint when the push handle is in the first extended position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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