Patent ID: 11950748
Assignee: BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprising:
a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet;
at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing;
at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet;
wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet;
wherein the at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to flex from a disengaged position to a cleaning position when a force is applied to the at least one flexible cleaning element in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the at least one flexible cleaning element; and
wherein the cleaning accessory comprises a rotatable cleaning bar rotatably mounted within the housing and the cleaning brush is rotatably coupled to the rotatable cleaning bar.