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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
John Curtis Morphey, Concord, NC (US);
Alexander Douglas Goare, Charlotte, NC (US);
Donald Joseph Davidshofer, Mount Holly, NC (US);
Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner having base and handle assemblies. The base has a bottom face, left and right side regions, an opening between the left and right side regions, and a resiliently-deformable crossbeam extending across the opening. The handle is at least partially in the opening and pivotally mounted to the base. The handle is rotatable, relative to the base, between upright and reclined positions. A protrusion extends from the handle and rotates through an arc that intersects the crossbeam. The protrusion contacts one side of the crossbeam when the handle is upright, and is on another side of and spaced from the crossbeam when the handle is reclined. The protrusion deforms the crossbeam when the protrusion is moved past the crossbeam. The cleaner also has a suction inlet on the base, a suction source, a dirt collector, and air passages connecting the suction inlet, suction source and dirt collector.