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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Daniel John Thompson, Bristol, GB;
Lauren Elise Fairholm, Toronto, CA;
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, GB;
Abstract
A handheld appliance having a body and an attachment, the body includes an attachment mechanism having a slot and an actuator, the attachment including a protrusion adapted to engage with the slot wherein the actuator has a first position and a second position and the actuator is moved from the first position towards the second position as the protrusion engages with the slot. In the first position the actuator may at least partially obscures the slot. The actuator includes a surface which may interact with the protrusion when the protrusion engages with the slot. The surface may be adapted to at least partially define the slot at or near the second position. When the protrusion is at a pre-determined position within the slot, the actuator may return towards the first position. The actuator may be biased into the first position.