US 2009/0044368 A1 · Vacuum Cleaner with Suction Head with Locking Means of Pivotal Movement About Axis of Rotation

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner includes a head for contacting the ground and a body which is pivotable relative to the head about a first axis of rotation and about a second axis of rotation. The body has a locking mechanism and the head has a reciprocal locking mechanism which are arranged such that the locking mechanism is engageable with the reciprocal locking mechanism so as to resist pivotal movement of the body relative to the head about the first axis of rotation. The locking mechanism is disengageable from the reciprocal locking mechanism to allow pivotal movement of the body relative to the head about the first axis of rotation. The vacuum cleaner also includes a stabiliser coupled to the head such that in use the stabiliser maintains contact with the ground when the body is rotated relative to the head about the first or second axis of rotation.

Claims16

Dependent claims

1-16. (canceled)

A vacuum cleaner, comprising a head and a ball for contacting the ground and a body,

wherein the ball is coupled to the body or to the head,
wherein the body is pivotable relative to the head about a first axis of rotation and about a second axis of rotation,
wherein the body has a locking mechanism and the head has a reciprocal locking mechanism,
wherein the locking mechanism and the reciprocal locking mechanism are configured such that the locking mechanism is engageable with the reciprocal locking mechanism, thereby resisting pivotal movement of the body relative to the head about the first axis of rotation,
wherein the locking mechanism is disengageable from the reciprocal locking mechanism by pivotal movement of the body relative to the head, thereby allowing pivotal movement of the body relative to the head about the first axis of rotation,
and wherein the locking mechanism and the reciprocal locking are located inside the ball.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/158,948Filed 14 Dec 2006

Priority

GB 0526417.123 Dec 2005

Published

19 Feb 2009

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47L 9/009
Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices…:…
A47L 5/28
With rotary fans: suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle
A63H 33/305
Imitations of miscellaneous apparatus not otherwise provided for, e.g. telephones, weighing-machines, cash-registers: vacuum-cleaners
A47L
Domestic washing or cleaning

Vacuum Cleaner with Suction Head with Locking Means of Pivotal Movement About Axis of Rotation

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Vacuum Cleaner with Suction Head with Locking Means of Pivotal Movement About Axis of Rotation

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Abstract

Claims16