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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2003
Applicants:

Michael P. Conner, Uniontown, OH (US);

Steven J. Paliobeis, Painesville, OH (US);

Robert A. Vystreil, Garrettsville, OH (US);

Mark A. Pigza, Willoughby, OH (US);

Inventors:

Michael P. Conner, Uniontown, OH (US);

Steven J. Paliobeis, Painesville, OH (US);

Robert A. Vystreil, Garrettsville, OH (US);

Mark A. Pigza, Willoughby, OH (US);

Assignee:

Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., Glenwillow, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A self-propelled appliance comprises a base, electric motor mounting the base, a handle moveably depending from the base and a drive wheel mounted in the base and operatively connected to the motor. The control circuits comprising an enable switch and a base switch control the communication of power from the power supply to the motor relative to a gripping of the handle by a user of the appliance and a selective positioning of the handle relative to the base.


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