Attachment tool for a vacuum cleaner hose

Claim 2

An attachment tool for a vacuum cleaner hose, comprising an elongated flattened tubular housing having an end adapted for connection to a vacuum cleaner hose and an opposite end providing a flattened air intake opening, one flattened face of said housing being formed to provide a single elongated opening therethrough extending centrally of said face adjacent to said opposite end, means on said housing formed for selectively covering said elongated opening for admitting air therethrough to the interior of said housing, and a pair of elongated strip brushes carried on said flattened face of said housing and extending along opposite sides of said elongated opening.

Claim 3

An attachment tool as described in claim 1, and wherein said elongated flattened tubular housing tapers to become thinner approaching said opposite end whereby the cross sectional area of the interior of said housing diminishes along its length toward said opposite end.

Claim 4

An attachment tool as described in claim 1, and wherein said means for selectively covering said elongated opening comprises a flattened elongated rectangular panel mounted on said housing for endwise movement between a closed position fully covering said elongated opening and an open position uncovering said elongated opening.

Claim 5

An attachment tool as described in claim 3, and wherein said housing is formed with confronting grooves running along the longer opposite sides of said opening, and the longer side edges of said panel are slidably mounted in said grooves.

Claim 6

An attachment tool as described in claim 4, and wherein said housing and said panel are of molded plastic, and said elongated strip brushes are mounted in slots formed in said housing along the opposite longer sides of said opening outboard of said grooves.

Claim 7

An attachment tool as described in claim 5, and wherein said strip brushes are formed with a row of short bristles projecting from an elongated U-shaped metal strip, and said metal strips are removably snapped into said slots in said housing.

Claim 8

An attachment tool as described in claim 1, and wherein said strip brushes are each formed with a row composed of short nylon and boar's hair bristles held in a U-shaped elongated metal strip, and said strip is removably secured to said housing alongside the longer opposite sides of said elongated opening.

Claim 9

An attachment tool as described in claim 7, and wherein the ends of said strip brushes adjacent to said opposite end of said housing extend past said elongated opening and curve inwardly toward each other thereat.

Claim 10

An attachment tool for a vacuum cleaner hose, comprising an elongated hollow housing having a cylindrical open end formed for releasable attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose, said housing tapering and flattening from said cylindrical open end to an opposite end providing a flattened intake port for cleaning crevices, said housing being formed to provide an elongated intake opening adjacent to said opposite end, an elongated closure member slidably mounted on said housing for selective movement between advanced and retracted positions covering and uncovering said elongated intake opening, and first and second strip brushes mounted on said housing alongside the longer opposite sides of said elongated opening, said strip brushes having bristles projecting away from said housing a minimal distance whereby with said closure member in said retracted position said tool is insertable between slats of a venetian blind.

Claim 11

An attachment tool for a vacuum cleaner hose, comprising an elongated hollow housing having a cylindrical open end formed for releasable attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose, said housing tapering and flattening from said cylindrical open end to an opposite end providing a flattened intake port for cleaning crevices, said housing being formed to provide an elongated intake opening adjacent to said opposite end, an elongated closure member slidably mounted on said housing for selective movement between advanced and retracted positions covering and uncovering said elongated intake opening, and first and second strip brushes mounted on said housing alongside the longer opposite sides of said elongated opening, said strip brushes having bristles projecting away from said housing a minimal distance whereby with said closure member in said retracted position said tool is insertable between slats of a venetian blind.

Claim 12

An attachment tool as described in claim 9 and wherein said bristles project about 1/4 inch from said housing, and said housing is about 1-3/16 inches wide and about 3/8 inch thick at said opposite end.