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

Claim 14:
15. 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;
(c) a wand moveable between a first position in which the wand is mounted on the upper section and a second position in which the inlet end of the wand defines a second dirty air inlet, wherein the wand has a drive handle; 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 wand is removable 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 location that is spaced in a rearward direction from the front end of the surface cleaning head,
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 at a rear side 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 the portable surface cleaning unit has first and second lateral sides that are spaced apart in a direction transverse to the rearward direction and the connecting linkage is centrally located between the first and second lateral sides on a rear side of the portable surface cleaning unit.