Vacuum cleaner electrical connector

Claim 1

In a vacuum cleaner structure having a tubular air conducting wand provided at one end with connecting means for removable connection to a suction hose end having an electrical connection mounted thereto, the improvement comprising: a plug housing provided on said one end of the wand; and electrical conducting means including a plug and conductor cord means for providing an electrical supply extension from said hose electrical connection, said plug housing defining a base portion carried by said one end of the wand, a guide portion having a through opening aligned with said electrical connection on said hose end as an incident of mechanical connection of said one end of the wand to said suction hose end, a rigid plug stop shoulder on said hose spaced from said guide portion a preselected distance for effectively preventing movement of the plug outwardly from the guide portion through opening when the plug is in an installed disposition with one end of the plug received in said guide portion opening and the other end of the plug juxtaposed inwardly of said stop shoulder, and retaining means on said base outwardly of said stop shoulder for releasably retaining said conducting means from movement away from said base, said guide portion of the plug housing defining an inclined guide surface spaced from said base portion outwardly adjacent and extending toward said through opening and facing toward said plug stop shoulder and conducting means retaining means for slidably guiding said one end of the plug into said opening and said other end of the plug extending angularly outwardly away from the base adjacent said plug stop shoulder and conducting means retaining means, thereby permitting said other end of the plug to be moved inwardly toward the base to said installed disposition.