Patent ID: 11889968
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet;
(b) an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper section comprising a cleaning unit mount and an outlet port in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet;
(c) a wand moveable between a first position in which the wand is mounted on the upper section and an inlet end of the wand is in air flow communication with the outlet port and a second position in which the inlet end of the wand defines a second dirty air inlet; and
(d) a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the cleaning unit mount, the portable surface cleaning unit comprising a suction motor, an air treatment member assembly and a carry handle, the air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment chamber,
wherein, when the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount, the air treatment member assembly has an upper surface and a lower surface and the air treatment member assembly is removable from the portable surface cleaning unit with the upper surface and the lower surface in a closed configuration while the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the upper section,
wherein, when the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount, an air flow path extends from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet,
wherein the portable surface cleaning unit is removable from the cleaning unit mount while the wand remains in the first position,
wherein the wand is removable while the portable surface cleaning unit remains mounted to the cleaning unit mount,
wherein, when the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount and the upper section is in the storage position, a portable surface cleaning unit release actuator is located on an upper surface of the portable surface cleaning unit, the actuator is drivingly connected to a latch by a connecting linkage that extends below an upper end of the air treatment chamber, the cleaning unit mount includes a slot, wherein, when the actuator is pressed, the latch is moved from an engaged position in which the latch is secured in the slot to a disengaged position in which the latch is removed from the slot and, and
wherein the portable surface cleaning release actuator is actuatable at all times.