Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsMackenzie Leigh Knapp, Brian Robert Dexter, Tyler Newkirk, Churu Yun, Connor Canavan, Nicholas Harvey Jobbitt
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a base assembly with a suction nozzle and at least one wheel. A hand-held portion has a hand grip, a recovery container, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery container and configured for generating a working airstream. A wand is operably coupled between the base assembly and the hand-held portion and defines at least a portion of a working air path extending from the suction nozzle to an air outlet in the hand-held portion and including the suction source.
Claims17
A surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- a base assembly including a suction nozzle and at least one wheel;
- a hand-held portion having a hand grip, a recovery container, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery container and configured for generating a working airstream;
- a wand operably coupled between the base assembly and the hand-held portion and defining at least a portion of a working air path extending from the suction nozzle to an air outlet in the hand-held portion and including the suction source;
- a swivel joint moveably coupling a lower end of the wand to the base assembly;
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- a brake assembly pivotally mounted to the base assembly and configured to be moveable between a first locked position wherein at least a portion of the brake assembly engages the at least one wheel and is configured to prevent rotation of the at least one wheel and wherein at least another portion engages at least one of the wand or the swivel joint to prevent the wand from lateral side-to-side movement relative to the base assembly and a second unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.