Floor Cleaning Apparatus

A floor treatment apparatus comprising:

• a multi-part housing comprising a main housing, a front housing portion, and a rear housing portion, the multi-part housing having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a left surface, and a right surface;
• a first wheel operably interconnected to the lower surface adjacent to the left surface and located closer to the rear surface than the front surface;
• a second wheel operably interconnected to the lower surface adjacent the right surface and located closer to the rear surface than the front surface;
• a standing surface located closer to the lower surface than the upper surface and substantially between at least a portion of the right surface and at least a portion of the left surface, and extending from a portion of the rear surface, wherein a portion of the standing surface is positioned substantially proximate to an axis extending between the first wheel and the second wheel;
• a steering wheel operably interconnected by a shaft to an assembly associated with a drive wheel wherein the steering wheel is operably interconnected to the front housing portion, which is capable of selective rotation relative to the main housing about a first axis that is parallel to an axis extending between a center of the first wheel and a center of the second wheel, the front housing portion including a control panel, and wherein the steering wheel maintains a position relative to the front housing portion when the front housing portion is rotated away from the main housing;
• a floor treatment assembly operably connected to a chassis that is associated with the multi-part housing;
• and
• wherein the rear housing portion is capable of selective rotation away from the main housing.

A floor treatment apparatus comprising:

• a multi-part housing comprising a main housing, a front housing portion, and a rear housing portion, the multi-part housing having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a left surface, and a right surface;
• a standing surface that extends substantially between at least a portion of the right surface, at least a portion of the left surface and at least a portion of the rear surface, the standing surface having a throttle and an operator presence device operatively connected to and which selectively interrupts operation of the throttle;
• a third wheel operably connected adjacent the lower surface of the multi-part housing;
• a steering wheel operably interconnected by a shaft to a steering mechanism wherein the steering wheel is associated with the front housing portion that hingedly rotates relative to the main housing, the front housing portion includes a control panel, and the steering wheel maintaining a static position relative to the front housing portion when the front housing portion is rotated away from the main housing;
• a floor treating device connected adjacent to the lower surface of the multi-part housing;
• a debris collection device connected adjacent to the lower surface of the multi-part housing;
• and
• wherein the rear housing portion is capable of selective rotation about an axis parallel to the axis extending between the center of the first wheel and the center of the second wheel.