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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Bissell Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventor:
Gary A. Kasper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/34 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/34 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/04 (2013.01); A47L 9/0411 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner is provided with a chassis and a suction nozzle coupled with the chassis for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the chassis. The nozzle can be configured to automatically move vertically upon encountering a predetermined amount of resistance to forward or rearward movement of nozzle over a surface to be cleaned.