Extraction cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsVictoria J. Royale, Mitchell P. Sloboda
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Abstract
An extraction cleaner includes a base, a supply tank assembly, and a recovery tank assembly. The base has a housing with a supply tank seat adjacent to a first side wall and a recovery tank seat adjacent to an opposite second side wall. The base has a handle extending from the first and second side walls and above the housing. The supply tank assembly is received by the supply tank seat, with an inner wall interfitting with the first side wall and with a first leg portion of the handle and extending along the first leg portion to a grip portion. The recovery tank assembly is received by the recovery tank seat, with an inner wall interfitting with the second side wall and with a second leg portion of the handle and extending along the second leg portion to the grip portion.
Claims19
An extraction cleaner, comprising:
- a base including:
- a housing having a first side wall defining a first protruding column and a second side wall opposite from the first side wall and defining a second protruding column;
- a handle extending from the first side wall and the second side wall and above the housing, wherein the handle includes a grip portion, a first leg portion extending from the first side wall to the grip portion, and a second leg portion extending from the second side wall to the grip portion and parallel with the first leg portion, wherein at least one of the first leg portion is narrower than the first side wall and the second leg portion is narrower than the second side wall;
- a supply tank seat adjacent to the first side wall, wherein the first protruding column extends vertically along the first side wall from the supply tank seat to the first leg portion, and wherein the first leg portion extends from an end of the first protruding column to the grip portion;
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- a recovery tank seat adjacent to the second side wall, wherein the second protruding column extends vertically along the second side wall from the recovery tank seat to the second leg portion, and wherein the second leg portion extends from an end of the second protruding column to the grip portion;
- a supply tank assembly configured to be received by the supply tank seat and having an inner wall of the supply tank assembly mating with the first side wall of the housing and with the first leg portion of the handle, the supply tank assembly configured to extend along the first leg portion to the grip portion;
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- a recovery tank assembly configured to be received by the recovery tank seat and having an inner wall of the recovery tank assembly mating with the second side wall of the housing and with the second leg portion of the handle, the recovery tank assembly configured to extend along the second leg portion to the grip portion,
- wherein the inner wall of the supply tank assembly defines a vertical channel extending from a bottom wall configured to be positioned on the supply tank seat to a top thereof to mate with the first leg portion and the first protruding column, and wherein the inner wall of the recovery tank assembly defines a vertical channel extending from a bottom wall configured to be positioned on the recovery tank seat to a top thereof to mate with the second leg portion and the second protruding column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.