Upright vacuum cleaner
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A series of vacuum cleaner is produced using common components and one or more interchangeable components, including a cyclone casing and/or a motor casing.
Claims19
A method of providing a plurality of surface cleaning apparatus, each of which has a different appearance and/or performance characteristic, wherein the surface cleaning apparatus comprises a plurality of components including an air treatment member and a motor casing, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a first version of one of the air treatment member and the motor casing, the first version having a first appearance and a first performance characteristic;
- (b) providing a second version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing, the second version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing having a second appearance and a second performance characteristic wherein at least one of the second appearance and the second performance characteristic is different from the first appearance and the first performance characteristic;
- (c) producing a first surface cleaning apparatus which includes the first version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing;
- and,
- (d) producing a second surface cleaning apparatus which includes the second version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing,
- wherein each of the first version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing and the second version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing is assemblable with a remainder of the plurality of components whereby the first version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing is interchangeable with the second version of the one of the air treatment member and the motor casing.
A method of providing a plurality of surface cleaning apparatus, each of which has a different appearance and/or performance characteristic, wherein the surface cleaning apparatus comprises a plurality of components including a first component and each of the components has a particular function, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a first version of the first component, the first version of the first component having a first appearance and a first performance characteristic;
- (b) providing a second version of the first component, the second version of the first component having a second appearance and a second performance characteristic wherein at least one of the second appearance and the second performance characteristic is different from the first appearance and the first performance characteristic;
- (c) producing a first surface cleaning apparatus which includes the first version of the first component;
- and,
- (d) producing a second surface cleaning apparatus which includes the second version of the first component,
- wherein each of the first version of the first component and the second version of the first component is assemblable with a remainder of the plurality of components whereby the first version of the first component is interchangeable with the second version of the first component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.