Vacuum cleaner

• US 8,151,411 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AB Electrolux
• Original Assignee: AB Electrolux
• Inventors: Beskow, Jonas, Miefalk, Håkan, Fjellman, Oskar, Ågren, Christian, Svantesson, Esbjörn
• Primary Examiner(s): Redding, David
• Application Number:
  US12/296,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• Field of Search: 153/23, 153/50, 153/51, 154/10, 15/221, 151/202, 151/431, 152/301.1, 152/442, 81/22, 81/20, 814/89, 403/265, 403/266, 403/268
• US Class Current: 15/410
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/225 Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/28 Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle A47L5/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0009 Storing devices winding devices for electric cables A47L9/26; Supports, stands or holders
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/325 for wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle

Abstract

The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner of a type comprising an elongated support body (1) including a handle (3) in an upper end of the support body, a nozzle device attached to a lower end of the support body by means of a rotatable joint, and a vacuum unit, including an electric motor, a fan and a debris collecting compartment, being accommodated in the support body. An upper portion of the support body (1) is provided with a layer (7, 8) of a slip reducing material at least on a rear surface thereof.

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

an elongated support body having a handle at an upper end of the support body the handle comprising a grip adapted to be gripped by a user to operate the vacuum cleaner, a nozzle device attached to a lower end of the support body by a rotatable joint, and a vacuum unit comprising an electric motor and a fan, and a debris collecting compartment, being accommodated in the support body, wherein the support body comprises a layer of a slip reducing material attached at least on a rear surface thereof, the layer of slip reducing material being positioned on the support body between the grip and the nozzle device.

2. A vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the support body is angled in an upper portion to form the handle.

3. A vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein a slip preventing bump is attached on the upper end of the handle.

4. A vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the slip reducing material comprises one or more projections that are inserted and attached by press fit into one or more corresponding holes in the support body.

5. A vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the slip reducing material comprises a surface structure adapted to increase the slip resistance of the slip reducing material.

6. A vacuum cleaner of claim 5, wherein the surface structure comprises one or more projections.

7. A vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the one or more projections are generally triangular as seen transverse to a longitudinal section of the strip.

8. A vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the nozzle device comprises wheels for rolling against a surface to be cleaned.

9. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

an elongated support body having a top end and a lower end;

a handle extending upward from the top end of the support body, the handle configured to be gripped by a user;

a nozzle device attached to the lower end of the support body by a rotatable joint;

a vacuum unit comprising an electric motor and a fan;

a debris collecting compartment accommodated in the support body and in fluid communication with the nozzle device and the vacuum unit such that operating the vacuum unit moves air from the nozzle device and through the debris collecting compartment; and

a layer of a slip reducing material attached to the rear surface of the elongated support body between the top end and the lower end thereof.