Patent ID: 9386895
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet of a surface cleaning head to a clean air outlet and including a suction motor; (b) a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head, the support structure comprising an upper portion rotatably mounted to a lower portion about a rotation axis that intersects a longitudinal axis of at least one of the upper and lower portions and a releasable lock located at a juncture of the upper and lower portions; (c) a cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member the suction motor and a central longitudinal axis with a first side on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second opposed side on an opposite side of the longitudinal axis, the cleaning unit is removably mounted to the support structure on the first side of the central longitudinal axis and the rotation axis is positioned proximate the second side of the cleaning unit on the second side of the central longitudinal axis, opposite the first side, wherein an upper end of the air treatment member is located below the rotation axis; wherein the air flow path includes a portion extending from the dirty air inlet to the cleaning unit, the lower portion comprises part of the portion of the air flow path, and, (d) a grip located on the upper portion distal to the juncture and a lock actuator positioned on the grip, wherein the lock is releasable by operation of the lock actuator.