Vacuum cleaner and docking station for use with the same
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsDaniel J. INNES, Andre D. BROWN, Jason B. THORNE, Kai XU, Sam LIU
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Abstract
A docking station for a vacuum cleaner may include a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path and a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.
Claims20
A docking station for a vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path;
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- a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.
A vacuum cleaner configured to engage a docking station comprising:
- a vacuum assembly configured such that, in response to the vacuum assembly engaging the docking station, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum assembly transitions from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, the vacuum assembly including:
- a vacuum cleaner dust cup;
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- a suction motor configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path.
A cleaning system comprising:
- a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner including a vacuum assembly, the vacuum assembly including:
- a vacuum cleaner dust cup;
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- a suction motor configured to urge air along a cleaning flow path;
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- a docking station, the docking station including:
- a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to at least a portion the vacuum cleaner engaging the receptacle, the cleaning flow path is transitioned to an evacuation flow path, the suction motor being further configured to urge air along the evacuation flow path;
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- a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from the vacuum cleaner dust cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.