Articulating vacuum foot and vacuum cleaner
AssigneeOrigyn LLC
InventorsJason THORNE, Charles S. BRUNNER, Robert IRWIN
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner is described herein that includes an integral articulating foot. When the powered nozzle of the vacuum cleaner is removed, the articulating foot allows the user to access small, hard to reach places with high air flow velocity. The articulating foot remains in planar contact with the floor when the body of the vacuum cleaner is rotated up and down. No accessories need to be attached or unattached from the vacuum cleaner in order to use the articulating foot.
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A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- an articulating foot attached to a distal end of a vacuum cleaner, the articulating foot comprising spherical dome segments that are rotatable in relation to each other;
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- a nozzle assembly attached to the distal end of the vacuum cleaner, the nozzle assembly comprising a conduit in fluid communication with a waste receptacle, the conduit passing through the articulating foot,
- wherein the spherical dome segments include air passageways between the segments to allow for the flow of air through sides of the spherical dome segments.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a waste receptacle in fluid communication with a motor of the vacuum cleaner;
- a waste receptacle door operatively attached to the waste receptacle;
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- an articulating foot attached to an outer surface of the waste receptacle door.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a nozzle assembly;
- a waste receptacle;
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- a cleaning foot, the cleaning foot including an outer ridge defining an air passageway, the outer ridge comprising an essentially planar surface for contacting a substrate to be cleaned, the vacuum constructed and arranged to be interchangeable between a first cleaning mode and a second cleaning mode, wherein in the first cleaning mode the cleaning foot is positioned around an air pathway between the nozzle assembly and the waste receptacle, and in the second cleaning mode the nozzle assembly is disconnected from the vacuum cleaner and is not in fluid communication with the waste receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.