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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn K Redding, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevin Nason, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oreck Holdings LLC, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15411 ; 15351 ;
Abstract
An upright steerable vacuum cleaner comprised of a handle, body, nozzle base and air duct therein further having a swivel joint at the junction of the nozzle base and body. The swivel joint or steering mechanism comprises a trunnion pivotably connected to the main air duct of the vacuum. The pivotable connection causes the nozzle base of the vacuum to turn right with a clockwise twist of the vacuum handle and turn left with a counter-clockwise twist of the vacuum handle. A locking mechanism is provided for preventing rotation of the trunnion with respect to the air duct.