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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Shop Vac Corporation, Williamsport, PA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin D. Fry, South Williamsport, PA (US);
Assignee:
Shop Vac Corporation, Williamsport, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/00 (2006.01); B60B 33/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/365 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); B60B 33/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A new vacuum cleaner has fence elements with upright arms are easily attachable to caster modules and create an upwardly opening hose space through which a vacuum hose can be wound for storage. The caster modules have sockets that extend throughout the height of the modules. The fence elements have tabs that hook onto lower edges of the modules, and can be clipped onto the caster module by pressing a detent on the fence element downwardly into an upper end of the socket until the tabs snap over the lower portion of the module, locking it in place.