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US4662026A
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Convertible vacuum cleaner handle
Assignee: SINGER ACQUISITION HOLDINGS COMPANY 8 STAMFORD FORUM STAMFORD CT 06904 A DE CORP
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Filing: 1986-05-15
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Granted: 1987-05-05
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Expires: 2006-05-15
Abstract
Abstract A vacuum cleaner handle shiftably supported on a vacuum cleaner body for selective positioning thereon suiting floor supported or hand carried vacuum cleaner operation and including handle segments telescopically adjustable and secured by a common latch element into different handle lengths each suitable for a different vacuum cleaner operating mode.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Sumerau
- 👤 Valerie D. Owens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:41
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L9/00; A47L9/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
A vacuum cleaner having a housing; means associated with said body portion defining an air conduit, means in said body portion for inducing flow of air through said conduit, and means for separating and collecting dirt entrained in said air flowing through said conduit; a handle; means pivotally securing said handle to said vacuum cleaner housing for movement selectively to a first position extending from said vacuum cleaner body portion for floor supported vacuum cleaning or to a second position adjacent to said vacuum cleaner housing for portable hand caried vacuum cleaner operation; said handle comprising at least two telescopically arranged sections; and operator influenced latch means effective to lock said handle sections in different degrees of telescoped relation whereby the overall length of the handle may be varied significantly when moved from one to the other of said positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
A vacuum cleaner having a housing; means associated with said body portion defining an air conduit, means in said body portion for inducing flow of air through said conduit, and means for separating and collecting dirt entrained in said air flowing through said conduit; a handle; means pivotally securing said handle to said vacuum cleaner housing for movement selectively to a first position extending from said vacuum cleaner body portion for floor supported vacuum cleaning or to a second position adjacent to said vacuum cleaner housing for portable hand caried vacuum cleaner operation; said handle comprising at least two telescopically arranged sections; and operator influenced latch means effective to lock said handle sections in different degrees of telescoped relation whereby the overall length of the handle may be varied significantly when moved from one to the other of said positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 1 in which the cross sectional shape of the telescopically arranged handle sections are generally rectangular so as to provide only two alternative relative positions of rotation of the handle sections in which telescopic interrelation is permissible.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 1 in which separate interlock means are provided between said handle and said vacuum cleaner housing for securing said handle in a selected one of said first or second positions on said cleaner body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
117 words
A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 3 in which said means pivotally supporting said handle is associated with one section of said telescopically arranged handle sections, and in which said latch means is provided by said one handle section being formed on diametrically opposite sides with latch engaging apertures, each of said apertures being spaced a different distance from said pivotal supporting means; said other handle section being telescopically and rotatably shiftable with respect to said one handle section; and a single operator influenced latch projection carried by said other handle section for interlocking engagement with a selected one of said latch engaging apertures depending upon the position of rotation of said other handle section.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 4 in which said interlock between said handle and said cleaner body in the second position of said handle is provided by a mating projection and socket formed one on said other handle section and the other on said cleaner body, said projection and socket being positioned for interengagement upon telescopic insertion of said other handle section into said one handle section and for maintenance in said interlocked relation by said latch means between said handle sections.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 5 in which said interlock between said handle and said cleaner body in the first position of said handle is influenced by a latch means independent from said latch means between said handle sections.
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