Patent ID: 11930988
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, the handle portion configured to receive at least one battery;
a nozzle at a second end of the device, the nozzle defining a nozzle dirty air inlet;
a motor section adjacent the handle portion and comprising a motor configured to be powered by the at least one battery for generating suction and drawing air into the nozzle dirty air inlet;
a dust cup disposed between the nozzle and the motor section with a first end of the dust cup adjacent to the nozzle and a second end of the dust cup adjacent the adjacent the motor section, the dust cup being removable from the device and comprising a collection area, the dust cup being coupled to the nozzle and in fluid communication with the nozzle dirty air inlet for receiving debris through the nozzle dirty air inlet and storing the debris in the collection area;
a door pivotally coupled to the first end of the dust cup and having a closed position for retaining the debris in the collection area and an open position for emptying the debris from the collection area, the door being positioned below the nozzle and configured to pivot from the closed position to the open position when the nozzle is coupled to the device, the door being disposed at the first end of the dust cup in both the closed position and the open position; and
a filter configured to be disposed in the dust cup, the filter being removable from an opening at the second end of the dust cup when the dust cup is removed from the device.