US 7,350,268 B2
Floor tool
Alastair Gordon Anderson, Munich (Germany); and Martin Paul Bagwell, Andover (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Dyson Limited, Wiltshire (United Kingdom)
Appl. No. 10/494,297
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2002, PCT No. PCT/GB02/04844
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 18, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/039316, PCT Pub. Date May 15, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 0126494.4 (GB), filed on Nov. 03, 2001; and application No. 0209692.3 (GB), filed on Apr. 27, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0050680 A1, Mar. 10, 2005
Int. Cl. A47L 9/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 15—415.1  [15/421] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor tool for use in vacuum cleaning floor surfaces, comprising:
a sole plate for engaging with a floor surface, a supporting body for the sole plate, means on the support body comprising a wheel or roller for allowing the body to ride along the floor surface, and an outlet conduit for coupling to a wand of a vacuum cleaner,
wherein the outlet conduit is pivotally mounted to the supporting body about an axis which is substantially over the sole plate.