# US 10,244,906 B2 · Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,244,906 B2 - Document ID: US10244906B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/143,804 - Filed: 2016-05-02 - Published: 2017-07-13 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-08 - Assignees: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. - Applicants: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. - Inventors: Andre D. Brown; Wayne Conrad; Nina Conrad; Lee M. Cottrell; Dave Petersen; Jason B. Thorne; Adam Udy - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10244906B2 ## CPC - A47L 5/24: Hand-supported suction cleaners - A47L 5/225: {Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners} - A47L 5/26: with driven dust-loosening tools - A47L 7/00: Suction cleaners adapted for additional purposes (suction devices for removing ash F23J1/02); Tables with suction openings for cleaning purposes; Containers for cleaning articles by suction; Suction cleaners adapted to cleaning of brushes; Suction cleaners adapted to taking-up liquids - A47L 7/0085: {adapted for special purposes not related to cleaning} - A47L 9/0466: {Rotating tools} - A47L 9/122: {flat} - A47L 9/127: {tube- or sleeve-shaped} - A47L 9/1608: {Cyclonic chamber constructions} - A47L 9/1625: {for series flow} - A47L 9/1641: {for parallel flow} - A47L 9/165: {Construction of inlets} - A47L 9/1666: {with filtering means} - A47L 9/1683: {Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles} - A47L 9/1691: {Mounting or coupling means for cyclonic chamber or dust receptacles} - A47L 9/22: Mountings for motor fan assemblies - A47L 9/28: Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means - A47L 9/2857: {User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays} - A47L 9/2873: {Docking units or charging stations (for autonomous or robotic vacuum cleaners A47L2201/02)} - A47L 9/2884: {Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation} - A47L 9/322: {for hand-supported suction cleaners} - A47L 11/4075: {Handles; levers} - B25F 3/00: Associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means; Adapters therefor - B25F 5/02: Construction of casings, bodies or handles {(B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence)} - H02J 7/50: acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially - H02J 7/751: {concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries} - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract A hand vacuum cleaner has an air treatment member, a pre-motor filter housing having an openable door and a pre-motor filter media is provided in the pre-motor housing. The openable door is openable while the air treatment member is provided on the hand vacuum cleaner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a suction motor and fan assembly having a front end, a rear end and a suction motor axis of rotation; (b) an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends wherein the central longitudinal axis extends generally horizontally when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end; (c) a pre-motor filter housing having a front end, a rear end, an upper end, a lower end, spaced apart opposed lateral sides extending between the front end and the rear end and an openable door, wherein the pre-motor filter comprises a longitudinally extending filter media having a hollow interior and a longitudinal filter axis, and the longitudinal filter axis is generally orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis; and, (d) a pre-motor filter media provided in the pre-motor housing and removable when the door is opened, the pre-motor filter media having a front side and a rear side wherein the openable door is openable while the air treatment member is provided on the hand vacuum cleaner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the openable door is provided on the lower end of the pre-motor filter housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 2 wherein the openable door comprises a base of the hand vacuum cleaner when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the openable door is provided on the rear end of the pre-motor filter housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 4 further comprising a handle mounted to the rear end of the pre-motor filter housing and the door is openable with the handle mounted thereto. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 4 further comprising a handle that is removably mounted to the rear end of the pre-motor filter housing and the door is openable with the handle mounted thereto. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 6 wherein the handle houses at least one energy storage member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 5 wherein the handle comprises a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end and the central longitudinal axis intersects the handle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein the openable door overlies a side of the pre-motor filter media that extends in a direction of airflow through the pre-motor filter media. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 9 wherein the openable door is provided on one of the lateral sides of the pre-motor filter housing. ### Claim 11 A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a suction motor and fan assembly having a front end, a rear end and a suction motor axis of rotation; (b) an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends wherein the central longitudinal axis extends generally horizontally when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end; (c) a pre-motor filter housing having a front end, a rear end, an upper end, a lower end, spaced apart opposed lateral sides extending between the front end and the rear end and an openable door; and, (d) a pre-motor filter media provided in the pre-motor housing and removable when the door is opened, the pre-motor filter media having a front side and a rear side wherein the openable door is openable while the air treatment member is provided on the hand vacuum cleaner, and wherein the air treatment member comprises a cyclone and the central longitudinal axis is a cyclone axis. ### Claim 12 A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a suction motor and fan assembly having a front end, a rear end and a suction motor axis of rotation; (b) an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends; (c) a pre-motor filter housing having an upper end and a lower end wherein the lower end comprises a bottom openable door; and, (d) a pre-motor filter media provided in the pre-motor housing and removable when the door is opened, the pre-motor filter media having a front side and a rear side wherein the longitudinal filter axis is generally orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 12 wherein the openable door comprises a base of the hand vacuum cleaner when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 12 wherein the pre-motor filter comprises a longitudinally extending filter media having a hollow interior and a longitudinal filter axis. ### Claim 15 A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a suction motor and fan assembly having a front end, a rear end and a suction motor axis of rotation; (b) an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends; (c) a pre-motor filter housing having an upper end and a lower end wherein the lower end comprises a bottom openable door; and, (d) a pre-motor filter media provided in the pre-motor housing and removable when the door is opened, the pre-motor filter media having a front side and a rear side, wherein the air treatment member comprises a cyclone and the central longitudinal axis is a cyclone axis. ### Claim 16 A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a suction motor and fan assembly having a front end, a rear end and a suction motor axis of rotation; (b) an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends; (c) a pre-motor filter housing having a front end and a rear end wherein the rear end comprises an openable door; and, (d) a pre-motor filter media provided in the pre-motor housing and removable when the door is opened, the pre-motor filter media having a front side and a rear side, wherein the openable door is openable while the air treatment member is provided on the hand vacuum cleaner, and wherein the air treatment member comprises a cyclone and the central longitudinal axis is a cyclone axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 16 further comprising a handle mounted to the rear end of the pre-motor filter housing and the door is openable with the handle mounted thereto. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The hand vacuum cleaner of claim 17 wherein the handle comprises a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end above the lower end and the central longitudinal axis intersects the handle.