Handheld vacuum device having a hook
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorsDavid Craig VEPREK, Ryan John HARGETT, Michael John SCHAUB, Howard Anthony HARRIS, JR., James Robert CARBERRY, II
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Abstract
A handheld vacuum device is presented. That handheld vacuum device comprises a housing, a vacuum-generating system, and a hook. The housing has a handle, while the vacuum-generating system is disposed within the housing, and is configured to generate vacuum pressure that creates suction for the handheld vacuum device. The hook is coupled to the housing, and has a bent portion that is configured to engage an external structure for hanging the handheld vacuum device from the external structure.
Claims20
A handheld vacuum device, comprising:
- a housing having a handle;
- a vacuum-generating system disposed within the housing, the vacuum-generating system being configured to generate vacuum pressure that creates suction for the handheld vacuum device;
- a battery coupled to a rearward end of the housing;
- and
- a hook that extends laterally from the housing and is disposed between the battery and the handle,
- wherein the hook has a base portion and a bent portion that extends from the base portion,
- wherein the bent portion is configured to engage an external structure for hanging the handheld vacuum device from the external structure, and
- wherein the base portion and the bent portion of the hook form a slot that extends along a length dimension of the hook, wherein the slot is configured, when the external structure forms a rail, to fit around the rail to permit the handheld vacuum device to be hung from the rail via the hook.
A handheld vacuum device, comprising:
- a housing having a handle;
- a vacuum-generating system disposed within the housing, the vacuum-generating system being configured to generate vacuum pressure that creates suction for the handheld vacuum device;
- a battery coupled to a rearward end of the housing;
- and
- a hook coupled to the housing to be disposed between the battery and the handle and to extend laterally from the housing, the hook having a bent portion that is configured to engage an external structure for hanging the handheld vacuum device from the external structure.
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A handheld vacuum device, comprising:
- a housing having:
- (i) a handle and (ii) a hook mounting region which has one or more slots and a hole, and which is configured to attach the housing to a hook which has a flat base portion with a hole therethrough and which has one or more protruding portions extending from the flat base portion;
- a vacuum-generating system disposed within the housing, the vacuum-generating system being configured to generate vacuum pressure that creates suction for the handheld vacuum device;
- and
- a battery coupled to a rearward end of the housing,
- wherein the one or more slots of the hook mounting region are configured to receive the one or more protruding portions of the hook,
- wherein the hole of the hook mounting region is configured to align with the hole of the flat base portion of the hook when the one or more slots of the hook mounting region receives the one or more protruding portions of the hook, and
- wherein the hook is attached to the housing to be disposed between the battery and the handle and to extend laterally from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.