White Consolidated Industries, Inc.

National Union Electric Corporation

Marco Ferrari

Samuel E Hohulin

Kevin Genge

Kelly B McVey

Michael R Fowler

Scott Bolbock

Stick type vacuum cleaner

A lightweight upright vacuum cleaner having a porous filter bag and a re-usable dirt cup in which the handle has two positions for either upright usage, or substantially horizontal usage on stairs, or the like. The cleaner is further provided with a rigid support bar connecting the handle to the base of the vacuum cleaner and which is located outside the porous bag and the dirt cup in order to provide a large volume porous bag and dirt cup.

Stick type vacuum cleaner with a dirt cup secured by a finger-operated

Hand-held vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner has a nozzle with an opening and a vacuum pump connected to draw dirt laden air into the opening from exteriorly of said vacuum cleaner. A shield is movably mounted to the vacuum cleaner to have a first position at which a first part of the opening is blocked from passing air and a second position at which a second part of the opening is blocked from passing air. The first part of the opening may be downwardly directed and the second part may be forwardly directed. The shield may be pivotally mounted to the nozzle.

Vacuum cleaner with adjustable nozzle shield

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Bloomington, IL, United States of America

Marco Ferrari