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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Melvin E. Wolfe, Kirkwood, NY (US);
Robert Lent Crevling, Jr., Williamsport, PA (US);
Craig A. Seasholtz, Avis, PA (US);
Jason Gottschall, Williamsport, PA (US);
John Griffin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Melvin E. Wolfe, Kirkwood, NY (US);
Robert Lent Crevling, Jr., Williamsport, PA (US);
Craig A. Seasholtz, Avis, PA (US);
Jason Gottschall, Williamsport, PA (US);
John Griffin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Shop Vac Corporation, Williamsport, PA (US);
Abstract
Mating connectors enable a vacuum cleaner section to be releasably attached to a toolbox section. The connectors include a downward-facing tongue that fits in a corresponding horizontal slot. The tongue has a vertical slot that corresponds with a vertical flange adjacent the slot. An interacting tab and slot prevent the vacuum cleaner section from being removed from the toolbox section when a closeable top on the toolbox section is closed. The two sections attach in a position in which upright side walls on the vacuum cleaner section align with the upright sides on the toolbox section, and an extended horizontal work surface is formed by portions of the hinged top on the toolbox section and the vacuum cleaner section. A handle on the vacuum cleaner section can form part of the horizontal work surface, which has parallel lateral grooves with co-linear segments on opposite sides of a recessed channel. A wheeled version has a handle hinged to a mount and a pocket that encircles and supports the vacuum cleaner section. Another version has a handle that retracts into the recessed channel and is arranged to support the top against the ground when the top is fully open.