Patent ID: 11864714
Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A hand-held surface cleaning device comprising:
a handle portion at a first end of the device;
a nozzle at a second end of the device, the nozzle being removable from the device and defining a nozzle dirty air inlet;
a motor for generating suction and drawing air into the nozzle dirty air inlet and through a dirty air passageway;
a dust cup coupled to the nozzle and in fluid communication with the dirty air passageway for receiving debris through the nozzle dirty air inlet and storing the debris, the nozzle being removably coupled to a first end of the dust cup; and
a valve body coupled to the nozzle, the valve body being positioned to prevent the debris from exiting the dust cup through the nozzle dirty air inlet in absence of suction provided by the motor, the valve body being configured to be displaced when suction is generated by the motor to allow the debris to be drawn into the dust cup through the nozzle dirty air inlet;
a filter disposed in the dust cup, the filter being removable from an opening at a second end of the dust cup when the dust cup is removed from the device.