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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Daniel John Innes, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Jason Thorne, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Andre David Brown, Natick, MA (US);
Gary Palladino, Sommerville, MA (US);
Catriona C. A. Sutter, Brookline, MA (US);
Lee Cottrell, Newton, MA (US);
Scott Niedzwecki, East Walpole, MA (US);
Junghwan Chei, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
Vacuum cleaning devices include foldable wands to provide a storage configuration and/or facilitate use. A vacuum cleaning device includes a wand having a first end coupled to a vacuum unit and a second end coupled to a vacuum head or surface cleaning head. The wand defines an air passage allowing air to pass from the surface cleaning head to the vacuum unit and includes a flexible air passage along at least a portion of the wand. The wand also includes a plurality of segments pivotably connected together such that the wand is foldable about 180° in a forward direction until the vacuum unit is positioned proximate a top of the surface cleaning head, thereby providing a storage configuration.