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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Midea America Corp., Medford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas D. R. Ford, Wellesley, MA (US);

Meng Sum, Suzhou, CN;

Wai Jun Ho, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/02 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 5/32 (2006.01); A47L 5/30 (2006.01); A47L 5/26 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/225 (2013.01); A47L 5/26 (2013.01); A47L 5/30 (2013.01); A47L 5/32 (2013.01); A47L 7/0076 (2013.01); A47L 9/0036 (2013.01); A47L 9/02 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/244 (2013.01); A47L 9/246 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vacuum cleaner that can quickly be configured in various operating modes, including a standard-style upright vacuum, upright vacuum capable of cleaning under furniture, stick vacuum, handheld vacuum, and pod vacuum. An example embodiment is a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an elongated support member, a handle coupled to an upper end of the elongated support member, a vacuum module slidably and detachably coupled to the elongated support member, and a hose coupled to the vacuum module and expandable to accommodate lower and upper positions of the vacuum module along the elongated support member. The surface cleaning apparatus can further include a floor nozzle detachably coupled to a lower end of the elongated support member and the hose.


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