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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:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryce G Rutter, St Louis, MO (US);
Charles W Loeb-Munson, St Louis, MO (US);
Richard F Wulff, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Assignee:
Castex Incorporated, Holland, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15410 ; 15323 ;
Abstract
An upright floor cleaner comprising a base, an upper housing and an operation handle, the upper housing and handle being pivotally mounted relative to the base, between an upright at rest condition and a lowered operation condition, the handle in the upright condition projecting upwardly above the housing and curving through an arc to a generally horizontal orientation, and in the operation condition extending diagonally rearwardly-upwardly and then curving through the arc to a generally vertical downward orientation.