Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner

A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a suction inlet;
• a front blade located forward of or at the front of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a first axis;
• and
• a rear blade located rearward of or at the rear of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a second axis different to the first axis,
• wherein each blade pivots between a deployed position and a retracted position, each blade projects downwardly when in the deployed position, and moving the cleaner head over a cleaning surface in a forward direction causes the cleaning surface to front blade to move to the deployed position and the rear blade to move to the retracted position, and moving the cleaner head over the cleaning surface in a rearward direction causes the rear blade to move to the deployed position and the front blade to move to the retracted position.

A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a suction inlet;
• a front blade located forward of or at the front of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a first axis;
• and
• a rear blade located rearward of or at the rear of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a second axis different to the first axis,
• wherein each blade pivots between a deployed position and a retracted position, the blades are configured such that when one of the blades is in the deployed position the other of the blades is in the retracted position, and, when in the deployed position, the front blade has a ramped front-facing surface and the rear blade has a ramped rear-facing surface.

A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a main body having a suction inlet located in a base of the main body;
• a front blade located forward of or at the front of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a first axis;
• and
• a rear blade located rearward of or at the rear of the suction inlet and arranged to pivot about a second axis different to the first axis,
• wherein each blade pivots between a deployed position and a retracted position, the blades are configured such that when one of the blades is in the deployed position the other of the blades is in the retracted position, each blade projects downwardly beyond the base of the main body when in the deployed position, and each blade is flush with the base of the main body when in the retracted position, and
• wherein, when a direction of travel of the cleaner head over a cleaning surface is reversed, the cleaning surface applies a force to the blade in the deployed position that causes the blade in the deployed position to move towards the retracted position.