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

Claim 0:
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet and an electrically driven rotary brush;
(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 is removed from air flow communication with the outlet port, wherein the wand is mated in air flow communication with the outlet port when the wand is received in the cleaning unit mount and when the wand is in the first position, a drive handle is provided at an upper end of the wand; and
(d) a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the cleaning unit mount, the portable surface cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly, a suction motor and a carry handle, the air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment chamber and the air treatment member assembly is removable from the portable surface cleaning unit while the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount, wherein the carry handle is provided on an upper surface of the air treatment member assembly,
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 and comprises an upstream portion that extends from the dirty air inlet to the portable surface cleaning unit, the upstream portion of the air flow path comprising the wand and a flexible air flow conduit downstream of the wand,
wherein, when the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount, the air treatment member assembly is removable from the portable surface cleaning unit with the upper surface and a lower surface in a closed configuration while the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the upper section,
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 movable from the first position to the second position while the portable surface cleaning unit remains mounted to the cleaning unit mount,
wherein the dirty air inlet is provided adjacent a front end of the surface cleaning head and the upper section is moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head at a rearward location,
wherein the carry handle has a rear end that is connected to the air treatment member assembly, a front end that is connected to the air treatment member assembly, and a hand grip portion, a longer dimension of the hand grip portion extends generally forwardly and horizontally when the upper section is in the storage position and portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the upper section, the carry handle has opposed lateral sides that extend in a forward direction and that are exposed when the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the cleaning unit mount whereby a user may extend their hand over a top of the carry handle and around the lateral sides to grasp the carry handle while the portable surface cleaning unit is 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, the cleaning unit mount includes a slot that is located below an upper end of the air treatment chamber, 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
wherein a brush power switch is located on the drive handle.