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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:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Danielle M. Hafling, Lancaster, KY (US);
Joel E. Hitzelberger, Danville, KY (US);
Alan T. Pullins, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Danielle M. Hafling, Lancaster, KY (US);
Joel E. Hitzelberger, Danville, KY (US);
Alan T. Pullins, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dirt cup for a vacuum cleaner includes a housing defining a dirt collection chamber, an inlet and an outlet in the housing in fluid communication with the dirt collection chamber and a selectively attachable and detachable filter holder on the housing external to the dirt collection chamber and downstream from the outlet. A vacuum cleaner incorporating the dirt cup is also provided.