Vacuum cleaner locking system
AssigneeKoblenz Electrica, S.A. de C.V.
InventorJesus Fernandez-Grandizo Martinez
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Abstract
A locking system for a vacuum cleaner having a top portion and a bottom portion where the bottom portion has an opening. The locking system includes a shoulder extending from an inside sidewall of the bottom portion, a boss protruding from an outside surface of the bottom portion, a first locking latch secured to the top portion, the first locking latch adapted to extend in to the bottom portion of the vacuum and abut a bottom section of the shoulder and a second locking latch secured to the top portion, the second locking latch adapted to engage the boss. A method for locking the top portion of the vacuum to the bottom portion is also disclosed.
Claims23
A locking system for a vacuum cleaner having a top portion and a bottom portion where the bottom portion includes an opening and the locking system is comprised of:
- a shoulder extending from an inside sidewall of the bottom portion;
- a boss protruding from an outside surface of the bottom portion;
- a first locking latch secured to the top portion, the first locking latch adapted to extend into the bottom portion and abut a bottom portion of the shoulder;
- and
- a second locking latch secured to the top portion, the second locking latch adapted to engage the boss.
A method of locking the top portion of a vacuum cleaner to the bottom portion of the vacuum cleaner, the method comprised of the steps of:
- aligning the top portion of the vacuum cleaner with the bottom portion of the vacuum cleaner so that a first locking latch secured to the top portion engages a bottom section of a shoulder circumscribing at least a portion of an opening in the bottom portion of the vacuum cleaner;
- and
- latching a second locking latch to a boss extending from an outside surface on the bottom portion of the vacuum cleaner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.