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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Katherine E. Phelan, Towson, MD (US);
Gregg L. Sheddy, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Paul S. White, Towson, MD (US);
Michael P. Kunz, Hampstead, MD (US);
Stuart J. Wright, Timonium, MD (US);
Christopher J. Murray, Baltimore, MD (US);
Trevor T. Bludis, Parkville, MD (US);
Alfred H. Judge, Prescott, AZ (US);
Katherine E. Phelan, Towson, MD (US);
Gregg L. Sheddy, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Paul S. White, Towson, MD (US);
Michael P. Kunz, Hampstead, MD (US);
Stuart J. Wright, Timonium, MD (US);
Christopher J. Murray, Baltimore, MD (US);
Trevor T. Bludis, Parkville, MD (US);
Alfred H. Judge, Prescott, AZ (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A vacuum can include a housing having an inlet adapted to receive debris being vacuumed. A mounting bar can be fixedly coupled to the housing. A floor collector assembly can be rotatably disposed about a first axis defined by the mounting bar. The floor collector assembly can include a first debris-passing member coupled to the mounting bar, a second debris-passing member rotatably coupled to the first debris-passing member and a third debris-passing member removably coupled to the second debris-passing member. The first debris-passing member can define an opening. The floor collector assembly can be operable in a plurality of modes. In a first mode, the opening can be substantially perpendicular relative to a vacuumed surface. In a second mode, the second debris-passing member can be rotated relative to the first debris-passing member about a second axis such that the opening is at an acute angle relative to the vacuumed surface.