Patent ID: 9420925
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a body housing a suction motor and comprising a handle, the handle having a handgrip portion having a rearmost portion and a forward most portion, wherein the upper portion of the handle is positioned above an upper portion of the suction motor; (b) an air treatment member mounted to the body and having an air outlet; and, (c) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the air treatment member wherein a center line of the suction motor is positioned rearward of the air outlet of the air treatment member, wherein when the surface cleaning apparatus is disposed on a horizontal surface each of the suction motor and the handle is oriented at a non-zero angle to a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, the suction motor has an axis that is angled forwardly and the handgrip portion extends upwardly and forwardly from the rearmost portion of the handgrip to the forward most portion of the handgrip.