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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventor:
David M. Miller, Zeeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/19 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01); A47L 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 7/0009 (2013.01); A47L 7/0023 (2013.01); A47L 9/19 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); A47L 11/302 (2013.01); A47L 11/34 (2013.01); A47L 11/403 (2013.01); A47L 11/4005 (2013.01); A47L 11/4016 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01); A47L 11/4091 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a proximity-triggered user interface, and configured to provide one or more indicia to a user based on the proximity of the user to the surface cleaning apparatus. The surface cleaning apparatus can be provided with one or more proximity sensors, and the user interface is configured to receive input from the one or more proximity sensors and provide one or more indicia to the user based on the input.