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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Benjamin Stephens, Atlanta, GA (US);
Benjamin Stephens, Atlanta, GA (US);
Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner and accessory tool. The vacuum cleaner has a first magnet feature and a first mounting feature. The accessory tool has a second magnet feature and a second mounting feature. One of the first and second mounting features is shaped to wrap partially around the other of the first and second mounting features to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner. When the accessory tool is mounted, the first magnet feature is adjacent the second magnet feature. The accessory tool and vacuum cleaner may be devoid of snap fitment features that frictionally engage to mount the accessory tool to the vacuum cleaner.