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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore Limited), Avenida da Praia Grande, CN;
Darren Holmes, Birmingham, GB;
Richard David Waters, Birmingham, GB;
Steven James Rogers, Birmingham, GB;
Guy Lawrence Newsom, Birmingham, GB;
Matthew James Ward, Birmingham, GB;
Other;
Abstract
A tool for a surface cleaning apparatus, including a floor head including a floor facing surface which defines an inlet for receiving dirt-laden air, which inlet is generally positioned in a first plane P; a passage for carrying dirt-laden air from the floor head to the apparatus; a connecting member for connecting the tool to a surface cleaning apparatus, wherein the floor head and connecting member are pivotally connected about an axis A; and a blocking device for inhibiting pivotal movement of the connecting member about axis A. The blocking device is moveable to a blocking condition in which pivotal movement of the connecting member downwardly outside of a pre-determined use condition is inhibited.