| US 7,587,786 B2 | ||
| Vacuum cleaner with removable handle | ||
| Terry L. Zahuranec, North Olmsted, Ohio (US); David Scott Smith, Avon Lake, Ohio (US); Daniel L. Steele, Concord, Ohio (US); and Diane L. Dodson, Sagamore Hills, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Scott Fetzer Company, Westlake, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/266,400. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0094840 A1, May 03, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47L 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 15—329 [15/331; 15/334; 15/335; 15/337; 15/338; 15/411] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A vacuum cleaning apparatus comprising:
a cleaning attachment;
a base with an outlet port, configured to be attached to the cleaning attachment to draw air from a household surface through
the attachment and exhaust the air through the outlet port;
a dirt receptacle; and
a handle configured to have an installed position removably attached to the base for manually moving the base by the handle,
and having an inlet port configured to be connected to the receptacle and to move toward and into connection with the outlet
port by movement of the handle toward and into the installed position, for the air exhausted through the outlet port to flow
through the inlet port into the receptacle.
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