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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Bissell Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Phong H. Tran, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Steve Butkiewicz, Wyoming, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Homecare, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 9/20 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 5/365 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/1633 (2013.01); A47L 9/1666 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/20 (2013.01); Y10S 55/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner has a separation/collection module with a housing and a cover pivotally mounted to the housing by a hinge. A filter assembly is carried by the cover and includes a filter media. When a user of the vacuum cleaner opens the cover, the filter media can be seen by the user.