# US 10,945,576 B1 · Floating handle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,576 B1 - Document ID: US10945576B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/150,425 - Filed: 2018-10-03 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-09 - Applicants: James Seliga - Inventors: James Seliga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945576B1 ## CPC - A47L 9/327: {for suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing} - E01H 1/08: Pneumatically dislodging or taking-up undesirable matter {or small objects}({E01H1/006 and E01H1/005 take precedence;} suction cleaners in general A47L5/00 - A47L9/00; {sucking-off liquids or semi-liquids E01H1/108}); Drying by heat only or by streams of gas (permanently-installed heating or blowing devices E01C11/26; heating or drying for road- building or repairing E01C23/14; {devices for melting snow or ice in situ E01H5/10, E01H8/08; for scorching undesirable vegetation E01H11/00}); Cleaning by projecting abrasive particles (sand-blasting in general B24C; {roughening of road surfaces E01C23/08; cleaning of road joints E01C23/0906}) - A47L 9/0693: {Specially shaped nozzles, e.g. for cleaning radiators, tubes, fans or the like; Dusters} - A47L 9/248: {Parts, details or accessories of hoses or pipes (nozzles A47L9/02)} - B08B 5/04: Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action - B25G 1/10: characterised by material or shape (B25G1/01, B25G1/02 take precedence {; for hand tools comprising coating rollers B05C17/0205}) - 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) - E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B) - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL - B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B) ## Abstract The invention is a floating handle system for a debris handling machine. The debris handling machine picks up leaves and debris along the roadside. The debris handling machine is comprised of a vacuum blower that sucks up leaves through a hose. Attached to the blower vacuum is a biasing system consisting of an L-shaped biasing piece that extends upward vertically from the blower vacuum and then horizontally in the plane of the hose. Attached to the distal end of the L-shaped piece is a biasing chain. The other end of the biasing chain is attached to the hose. The handle assembly is a front handle that is permanently attached to the distal end of the hose and a floating handle that can move over the hose from the front handle to the point at which the biasing chain is attached to the hose. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A debris handling machine comprising: a) a blower-vacuum; and, b) a hose with a distal end that is guided by an operator and an outer diameter, attached to the blower-vacuum that expels pressurized air when the blower-vacuum is being operated as a blower and pulls air and debris into the hose when the blower-vacuum is operated as a vacuum; and, c) a duct attached to the blower-vacuum that expels the debris pulled into the hose; and, d) a handle assembly comprising; 1) a front handle that is permanently attached to the distal end of the hose; and, 2) a floating handle that can move over the hose. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A debris handling machine as in claim 1 comprising: a) a biasing system designed to support the hose and make it easier for an operator to move the hose. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A debris handling machine as in claim 2 wherein: a) the biasing system comprises: 1) an L-shaped biasing piece with a vertical portion that extends upward from the blower vacuum and a horizontal portion with a distal end that extends horizontally in the plane of the hose; and, 2) the horizontal portion of the L-shaped piece swings with the hose as it is guided by the operator; and, 3) a biasing chain with a distal end attached to the distal end of the horizontal portion of the L-shaped piece; and, 4) the distal end of the biasing chain attaches to the hose. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A debris handling machine as in claim 3 wherein: a) the floating handle that can move over the hose from the front handle to where the biasing chain attaches to the hose. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A debris handling machine as in claim 1 wherein: a) the hose has a nozzle attached to its distal end. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A debris handling machine as in claim 5 wherein: a) the nozzle is cut at an angle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A debris handling machine as in claim 1 wherein: a) the front handle is formed by an inverted U-shaped piece fit over the hose. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) A debris handling machine as in claim 4 wherein: a) the floating handle comprises; 1) a ring piece that encircles the hose and can be moved along the hose; and, 2) a handle attached to the ring piece. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A debris handling machine as in claim 8 wherein: a) the handle of the floating handle is a U-shaped bar that attaches to the ring piece whose top is parallel with the hose. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A debris handling machine as in claim 1 wherein; a) the debris handling machine is attached to a truck with a truck bed; and, b) the duct attached to the blower-vacuum that expels the debris pulled into the hose is L-shaped and of a height that it will be able to expel debris into the truck bed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A debris handling machine as in claim 10 wherein; a) the duct is tangentially attached to the vacuum blower. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) A debris handling machine as in claim 3 wherein; a) the biasing system enables an operator to support the hose with only the floating handle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) A debris handling machine as in claim 7 wherein; a) the front handle is attached to hose at an angle nearly perpendicular to the ground when the nozzle's end is parallel to the ground. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) A debris handling machine as in claim 3 wherein: a) the front handle is formed by an inverted U-shaped piece fit over the hose. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A debris handling machine as in claim 14 wherein; a) the front handle is attached to hose at an angle nearly perpendicular to the ground when the nozzle's end is parallel to the ground. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) A debris handling machine as in claim 3 wherein; a) the debris handling machine is attached to a truck with a truck bed; and, b) the duct attached to the blower-vacuum that expels the debris pulled into the hose is L-shaped and of a height that it will be able to expel debris into the truck bed.