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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Douglas L. Blocker, Festus, MO (US);
John F. Kaido, Arnold, MO (US);
T. Joy H. Petty, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Douglas L. Blocker, Festus, MO (US);
John F. Kaido, Arnold, MO (US);
T. Joy H. Petty, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Tacony Corporation, Fenton, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner having a floor nozzle movable by a user of the vacuum cleaner over a floor to suction dirt from the floor. A sensing system is provided for sensing a condition relating to the vacuum cleaner and for generating a signal in response to the condition. A sensor-responsive light system on the floor nozzle is responsive to the signal for projecting light onto the floor for observance by the user.