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US 2024/0197060 A1Published application
Portable backpack vacuum having fold-in harness
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorsWenxin Na, James Standaloft, Karl Palm
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Abstract
A portable backpack vacuum having a pair of housing members and a fold-in harness member that is pivotably movable relative to an upper housing member between a deployed position when the portable backpack vacuum is in use to a stowed position when the portable backpack vacuum is not in use and a lower housing is removed from the upper housing. In this way, the portable backpack vacuum may stand level on the support surface.
Claims20
A portable backpack vacuum, comprising:
- an upper housing;
- a lower housing detachably connected to the upper housing;
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- a harness member including a waist support member to facilitate support of the portable backpack vacuum by a user, the waist support member being pivotably connected to the upper housing for rotation from a deployed position to a stowed position when the upper housing and the harness member are placed on a support surface by engagement of the waist support member with the support surface and when the lower housing is detachably removed from its connection with the upper housing.
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A portable backpack vacuum, comprising:
- a housing supporting a vacuum motor therein;
- and
- a harness member including a waist support member to facilitate support of the housing by a user, the waist support member being pivotably connected to the housing for rotation from a deployed position to a stowed position when the housing and the harness member are placed on a support surface by engagement of the waist support member with the support surface.
A portable backpack vacuum, comprising:
- a housing supporting a vacuum motor therein;
- a harness member to be worn by a user, the harness member including a waist support member which defines a load path for loads induced when the portable backpack vacuum is worn by the user;
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- one or more connection members to pivotably connect the waist support member to the housing in a manner that facilitates rotation of the waist support member from a deployed position to a stowed position when the housing and the harness member are placed on a support surface by engagement of the waist support member with the support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.