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US 11,617,482 B2Granted
Accessories for a surface treatment apparatus having a plurality of operational states and surface treatment apparatus configured to actuate the same
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsNicholas Sardar, Christopher P. Pinches, Lee M. Cottrell, Samuel Emrys James, Michael James Douglas, David S. Clare
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Abstract
A surface treatment apparatus may include a coupling, a handle, an accessory coupled to the coupling, and a toggle proximate the handle. The accessory may have at least two operational states. An actuation of the toggle may cause the accessory to transition between operational states.
Claims17
A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
- an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber;
- a coupling extending around at least a portion of the inlet;
- a handle;
- an accessory coupled to the coupling, the accessory having at least two operational states;
- a toggle proximate the handle;
- and
- an actuator having an actuated state and an unactuated state, when in the unactuated state, the actuator is recessed relative to the coupling, and, when in the actuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by an extension distance, the actuator being configured to cause the accessory to transition between the operational states in response to actuation of the toggle;
- wherein the accessory includes a brush having a collar, the collar being configured to slide along the brush between a first state and a second state in response to the actuation of the toggle.
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A handheld surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
- an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber;
- a coupling extending around at least a portion of the inlet;
- a handle;
- a toggle proximate the handle;
- a wand coupled to the coupling, the wand including a stand configured to be transitioned between a stand stored state and a stand use state in response to actuation of the toggle, wherein a distal end of the stand includes an expanding foot configured to transition from a foot stored state to a foot use state in response to the stand transitioning from the stand stored state to the stand use state;
- and
- a surface cleaning head fluidly coupled to the wand.
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A handheld surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
- a coupling extending around at least a portion of an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber, the coupling being configured to couple to an accessory having at least two operational states;
- a handle;
- a toggle proximate the handle;
- and
- an actuator having an actuated state and an unactuated state, when in the unactuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by a first extension distance, and, when in the actuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by a second extension distance, the second extension distance being greater than the first extension distance, the actuator being configured to cause the accessory to transition between operational states in response to actuation of the toggle;
- wherein the accessory includes a brush having a collar, the collar being configured to slide along the brush between a first state and a second state in response to the actuation of the toggle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.