Telescoping wand assembly with a flexible seal
AssigneePanasonic Corporation of North America
InventorEric Muhlenkamp
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Abstract
A telescoping wand assembly includes a first tube, a second tube received in the first tube so as to allow sliding movement therebetween and a flexible seal carried on the second tube in sliding engagement with an interior surface of the first tube. A method of making that telescoping wand assembly includes overmolding a flexible seal on the second tube and inserting the second tube in the first tube with the overmolded flexible seal in sliding engagement with an interior surface of the first tube. A vacuum cleaner is also provided incorporating the telescoping wand assembly of this invention.
Claims22
A telescoping wand assembly, comprising:
- a first tube;
- a second tube received in said first tube so as to allow sliding movement therebetween;
- and
- a flexible seal carried on said second tube in sliding engagement with an interior surface of said first tube.
A method of making a telescoping wand assembly including a first tube and a second tube comprising:
- overmolding a flexible seal on the second tube;
- and
- inserting the second tube in the first tube to provide said overmolded flexible seal in sliding engagement with an interior surface of the first tube.
A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a housing;
- a suction generator carried on said housing;
- a dirt collection vessel carried on said housing;
- and
- a telescoping wand assembly including a first tube, a second tube received in said first tube so as to allow sliding movement therebetween and a flexible seal carried on said second tube in sliding engagement with an interior surface of said first tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.