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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Tom Minh Nguyen, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Steven J. Butkiewicz, Wyoming, MI (US);
Alan J. Krebs, Pierson, MI (US);
George C. Moyher, Jr., Cedar Springs, MI (US);
Gary A. Kasper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Timothy S. Parker, Rockford, MI (US);
Daniel M. Heidenga, Wyoming, MI (US);
Brandon Graham, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Tom Minh Nguyen, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Steven J. Butkiewicz, Wyoming, MI (US);
Alan J. Krebs, Pierson, MI (US);
George C. Moyher, Jr., Cedar Springs, MI (US);
Gary A. Kasper, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Timothy S. Parker, Rockford, MI (US);
Daniel M. Heidenga, Wyoming, MI (US);
Brandon Graham, Hudsonville, MI (US);
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a hair collection assembly having a hair collection element adapted to collection hair from a surface. The hair collection assembly can be mounted to the cleaning head of the vacuum cleaner for movement between a use position in which the hair collection element is in contact with the surface and a second position in which the hair collection element in spaced from the surface. The hair collection element can further be configured to collect hair from the surface when the cleaning head is moved in a first direction and to not collect hair from the surface when the cleaning head is moved in a second direction. A method of removing hair from a surface is also described.