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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
David Colin Worker, Malmesbury, GB;
Nicholas Timothy Spence, Malmesbury, GB;
David Colin Worker, Malmesbury, GB;
Nicholas Timothy Spence, Malmesbury, GB;
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, GB;
Abstract
A surface-treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, has a main body and a support assembly. The support assembly is moveable between a supporting position, in which it supports the main body, and a retracted position. The support assembly includes a user-operable pedal, a component such as a stand and an actuator arranged to act on one of the pedal and the component over a first range of positions between the supporting and retracted positions and to act on the other of the pedal and the component over a second range of positions between the supporting and retracted positions. This arrangement brings the pedal and component positively into and out of the supporting and retracted positions.