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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2018
Sharkninja Operating, Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Jason B. Thorne, Dover, MA (US);
Andre D. Brown, Natick, MA (US);
Daniel Innes, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Lee M. Cottrell, Newton, MA (US);
Adam Udy, Sutton, GB;
Daniel Tonderys, Needham, MA (US);
David Clare, London, GB;
Kai Xu, Suzhou, CN;
SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.