Patent ID: 11857138
Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surface cleaning device comprising:
a nozzle including a nozzle housing and a dirty air passageway; and
an odor dial assembly including:
a fragrance member; and
a dial body configured to be removably coupled to the nozzle housing, the dial body at least partially defining a fragrance cavity configured to at least partially receive the fragrance member and a fragrance passageway extending therethrough;

wherein the odor dial assembly is configured to transition between a plurality of user-selectable positions to adjust an amount of fragrance particles released by the fragrance member into the dirty air passageway; and
wherein the nozzle housing includes a tray configured to receive at least a portion of the odor dial assembly, the tray including an odor inlet and an odor outlet, the odor inlet configured to be in fluid communication with atmospheric air, wherein a position of the odor dial assembly relative to the tray defines, at least in part, an amount of air flowing through the fragrance passageway and the fragrance particles released by the fragrance member into the dirty air passageway.