Suction head for a vaccum cleaner

A suction head for a vacuum cleaner, the suction head comprising:

• a substantially hollow body including a pair of arms which diverge from a predetermined region of the body at an angle less than 180 degrees relative to each other, each arm defining therein a channel for the passage of air, which channel extends substantially from the free end of the arm to the region of the body from which the arms diverge;
• an outlet opening located in the region of the body from which the arms diverge for the passage of air to a vacuum cleaner;
• a first substantially continuous ground-engaging barrier extending along the region of an inner edge of one of the arms substantially from the free end of the arm to the region of the body from which the arms diverge;
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• a second substantially continuous ground-engaging barrier extending along the region of an inner edge of the other of the arms substantially from the free end of the arm to the region of the body from which the arms diverge, there being a gap between the first and second barriers in the region of the body from which the arms diverge for the passage of relatively large particles of debris into the suction head, the first and second barriers being adapted to engage a substantially flat ground surface along the entire length of the first and second barriers.