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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton, CA;
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton, CA;
Jason Thorne, Dover, MA (US);
Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton, CA;
Abstract
A reconfigurable upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The support structure comprises a lower portion having a lower longitudinal axis and an upper portion having an upper longitudinal axis, the lower portion having a lower end moveably coupled to the surface cleaning head and an upper end that is rotatably coupled to the upper portion about a rotational axis that is generally transverse to the forward direction, wherein, the support structure is reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the lower portion and the upper portion are generally aligned with each other and an operating position in which the lower portion is rotated rearward with respect to the surface cleaning head and the upper portion is rotated in the forward direction with respect to the lower portion. A hand vacuum cleaner comprising a suction motor and an air treatment member is removably mounted to the support structure. An air flow path comprises a flexible hose.