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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeremy Sanders, St. Louis, MO (US);
Taylor M. Fauss, Florissant, MO (US);
Matthew A. Williams, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner includes a canister defining a debris chamber, a vacuum hose adapted for fluid connection to the debris chamber, a lid mounted to the canister, and a motor cover mounted to the lid and including at least one hose retainer. The hose retainer includes at least two ribs and a retention portion attached to the ribs. The ribs and the retention portion are spaced from a central portion of the motor cover to define an insertion opening. The ribs and the retention portion deflect away from a retention position in a first direction to an open position when the vacuum hose is inserted through the insertion opening. The ribs and the retention portion are biased in a second direction towards the retention position such that the ribs exert a positive retention force on the vacuum hose when the vacuum hose is positioned within the hose retainer.