Indicators of cleaning effectiveness of vacuum cleaners and systems to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness of vacuum cleaners
AssigneeLowe's Companies, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Bryant Grey, Adriane Dian Cooley, Bruce Ferris, Chris Murray, Elliott Hedman, Brian Slate
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Abstract
Systems and indicators of cleaning effectiveness are provided for deployment in an environment where samples of different vacuum cleaners are displayed for consideration by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among the different vacuum cleaners.
Claims33
An indicator of cleaning effectiveness for deployment in an environment where samples of different vacuum cleaners are displayed for consideration by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners, to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among the different vacuum cleaners, comprising:
- a vacuum response unit comprising a vertically extending elongate tube containing a plurality of items;
- and
- an air conduit comprising a first end that is selectively connectable to an input port of any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners, and a second end that is connected to the vacuum response unit,
- wherein the plurality of items are adapted to rise in the tube when sufficient suction power is provided by the any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners after being connected to the air conduit.
An indicator of cleaning effectiveness for deployment in an environment where samples of different vacuum cleaners are displayed for consideration by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners, to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among the different vacuum cleaners, comprising:
- a mounting mechanism for securing the indicator to a display system where the samples are displayed;
- a vacuum response unit comprising a vertically extending elongate tube containing a plurality of items;
- and
- an air conduit having a first end that is selectively connectable to an input port of any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners, and a second end that is connected to the vacuum response unit,
- wherein the plurality of items are adapted to move in the tube when sufficient suction power is provided by the any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners after being connected to the air conduit.
An indicator of cleaning effectiveness for deployment in an environment where samples of different vacuum cleaners are displayed for consideration by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners, to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among the different vacuum cleaners, comprising:
- a vacuum response unit comprising a vertically extending elongate tube containing a plurality of items;
- and
- an air conduit having a first end comprising an adaptor for facilitating connection of the conduit to a plurality of different size input ports of the different vacuum cleaners, and a second end that is connected to the vacuum response unit,
- wherein the plurality of items are adapted to move in the tube when sufficient suction power is provided by a vacuum cleaner of the different vacuum cleaners after being connected to the air conduit.
An indicator of cleaning effectiveness for deployment in an environment where samples of different vacuum cleaners are displayed for consideration by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners, to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among the different vacuum cleaners, comprising:
- a mounting mechanism for securing the indicator to a display system where the samples are displayed;
- a vacuum response unit adapted to respond to cleaning effectiveness of any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners by communicating an indication of cleaning effectiveness to a user of the indicator;
- and
- an air conduit having a first end that is selectively connectable to an input port of the any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners, and a second end that is connected to the vacuum response unit.
A system to facilitate comparisons of cleaning effectiveness between or among different vacuum cleaners by potential purchasers or renters of such vacuum cleaners, the system comprising:
- a plurality of different vacuum cleaners;
- a vacuum response unit comprising a vertically extending elongate tube containing a plurality of items;
- and
- an air conduit comprising a first end that is selectively connectable to an input port of any one of at least two of the different vacuum cleaners, and a second end that is connected to the vacuum response unit,
- wherein the plurality of items are adapted to rise in the tube when sufficient suction power is provided by the any one of the plurality of different vacuum cleaners after being connected to the air conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.