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US 12,495,941 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeLowe's Companies, Inc.
InventorsJay Fording, Eduardo Gonzalez, Michael McDermott, Claude E. Reynolds, Jr., James Townsend, Trevor N. Devine, Steven P. Gerstein, Kevin D. Fry
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
Claims18
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a motor configured to suction matter into the vacuum cleaner through an input port of the vacuum cleaner;
- a suctioned matter container that defines a collection volume for receiving matter collected by the vacuum cleaner and the input port of the vacuum cleaner, wherein the suctioned matter container comprises an outside wall that extends circumferentially around the collection volume and defines an outside boundary of the collection volume, and wherein the outside wall has an outside wall rim that extends circumferentially around a top edge portion of the outside wall;
- a lid adapted to be mounted to the outside wall rim to enclose the collection volume to facilitate suctioning of matter by the motor into the vacuum cleaner through the input port of the vacuum cleaner;
- a filter carrier adapted to hold at least one filter to the lid and positioned so that, during operation of the vacuum cleaner, matter collected by the vacuum cleaner is filtered from at least one fluid stream in the vacuum cleaner;
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- an accessory holder assembly comprising an accessory holder pivotally mounted so as to face the outside wall of the suctioned matter container when the accessory holder assembly is in a closed orientation and so as to be pivotable away from the outside wall, toward an open orientation that allows access to accessories held by the accessory holder assembly while the lid is mounted to the outside wall rim and encloses the collection volume, wherein when the accessory holder assembly is in the closed orientation the accessory holder assembly and the outside wall of the suctioned matter container form an accessory storage enclosure in which accessories retained by the accessory holder assembly are enclosed, wherein the outside wall of the suctioned matter container separates the accessory holder assembly from the collection volume when the accessory holder assembly is in the closed orientation, wherein when the accessory holder assembly is in the open orientation the accessory holder assembly is retained to the suctioned matter container, and wherein the accessory holder assembly is configured to be manually decoupled from the suctioned matter container in a tool-less manner.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a motor configured to suction matter into the vacuum cleaner through an input port of the vacuum cleaner;
- a suctioned matter container that defines a collection volume for receiving matter collected by the vacuum cleaner and the input port of the vacuum cleaner, wherein the suctioned matter container comprises an outside wall that extends circumferentially around the collection volume and defines an outside boundary of the collection volume, and wherein the outside wall has an outside wall rim that extends circumferentially around a top edge portion of the outside wall;
- a lid adapted to be mounted to the outside wall rim to enclose the collection volume to facilitate suctioning of matter by the motor into the vacuum cleaner through the input port of the vacuum cleaner;
- a filter carrier adapted to hold at least one filter to the lid and positioned so that, during operation of the vacuum cleaner, matter collected by the vacuum cleaner is filtered from at least one fluid stream in the vacuum cleaner;
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- an accessory holder assembly comprising an accessory holder and an accessory holder cover that is removably mounted to the accessory holder, wherein the accessory holder cover is positioned on top of the accessory holder when the accessory holder assembly is in a closed orientation, wherein the accessory holder is pivotally mounted so as to face the outside wall of the suctioned matter container when the accessory holder assembly is in the closed orientation and so as to be pivotable away from the outside wall, toward an open orientation that allows access to accessories held by the accessory holder assembly while the lid is mounted to the outside wall rim and encloses the collection volume, wherein when the accessory holder assembly is in the closed orientation the accessory holder assembly and the outside wall of the suctioned matter container form an accessory storage enclosure in which accessories retained by the accessory holder assembly are enclosed, wherein the outside wall of the suctioned matter container separates the accessory holder assembly from the collection volume when the accessory holder assembly is in the closed orientation, wherein when the accessory holder assembly is in the open orientation the accessory holder assembly is retained to the suctioned matter container, and wherein the accessory holder assembly is configured to be manually decoupled from the suctioned matter container in a tool-less manner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.