# US 2013/0152337 A1 · Surface cleaning apparatus with a sideways pivoting handle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152337 A1 - Document ID: US20130152337A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/713,728 - Filed: 2012-12-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: Euro-Pro Operating LLC - Inventors: Jason Boyd Thorne - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152337A1 ## CPC - A47L 9/00: Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners - A47L 9/325: {for wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle} - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) ## Abstract A surface cleaning apparatus comprises: (a) a cleaning head having a front, a rear, two opposed sides extending between the front and the rear, a bottom and a dirty air inlet; (b) an airflow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (c) a suction motor and an air treatment member positioned in the airflow path; (d) an upright section moveably mounted with respect to the cleaning head between a storage position and a rearward in-use position; and, (e) the upright section also pivotally mounted for movement sideways with respect to the cleaning head between a centered position and a sideways position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a cleaning head having a front, a rear, two opposed sides extending between the front and the rear, a bottom and a dirty air inlet; (b) an airflow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (c) a suction motor and an air treatment member positioned in the airflow path; (d) an upright section moveably mounted with respect to the cleaning head between a storage position and a rearward in-use position; and, (e) the upright section also pivotally mounted for movement sideways with respect to the cleaning head between a centered position and a sideways position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a biasing member biasing the upright section towards the centered position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the upright section is moveably mounted with respect to the cleaning head about a first axis of rotation, and the upright section is pivotally mounted with respect to the cleaning head about a second axis of rotation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the second axis of rotation is above the first axis of rotation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the first axis of rotation is generally parallel to the front and the second axis of rotation is generally parallel to a forward direction of motion of the cleaning head. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3 wherein each axis of rotation comprises a pivot axis, and the first pivot axis is generally perpendicular to the second pivot axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a flexible hose defining at least a portion of the airflow path that conveys dirty air past the second axis of rotation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising a first hollow support member pivotally connected to a second hollow support member wherein the flexible hose extends through the interior of the first and second hollow support members. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8 wherein each hollow support member comprises a tubular conduit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a pivot lock inhibiting the sideways pivoting of the upright section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising a pivot limiter delimiting the sideways pivoting of the upright section to a maximum sideways pivot angle from the centered position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the pivot limiter comprises a stop which is engaged when the upright section is pivoted sideways to the maximum sideways pivot angle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the pivot limiter defines a plurality of maximum sideways pivot angles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising a selector that is adjustable to select one of the pluralities of maximum sideways pivot angles. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the selector is part of the pivot limiter. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the cleaning head comprises a first support member and the upright section comprises a second support member, each of the support members extending along a longitudinal axis and the pivot limiter is rotatably mounted to one of the support members for rotation about the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the pivot limiter comprises a plurality of first interacting members and the other of the support members comprises a second interacting member, and one of the first interacting members and the second interacting member abut when the upright section is positioned at a set variable maximum sideways pivot angle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the pivot limiter is rotatably mounted to the second support member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the first interacting members comprise a plurality of stops at various distances from the second interacting member when the upright section is in the centered position and the selector is rotatable to align one of the stops with the second interacting member. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the first interacting members comprise a plurality of recesses and the selector is rotatable to align one of the recesses with the second interacting member.