Patent ID: 9301663
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet; (b) a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position; (c) a cleaning unit removably mounted to the the support structure and operable in an upright mode wherein the cleaning unit is mounted to the support structure and is in air flow communication with the surface cleaning head, the cleaning unit comprising a suction motor and an air treatment member wherein the cleaning unit is also operable in a portable mode wherein the cleaning unit is removed from the support structure while maintaining the cleaning unit in air flow communication with the surface cleaning head; (d) an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and comprising an upstream portion that extends from the dirty air inlet to the surface cleaning unit wherein, when the cleaning unit is in the upright mode and the portable mode, the suction motor and the air treatment member are positioned in the air flow path upstream of the clean air outlet; (e) a wand mounteable to the support structure and a flexible air flow conduit downstream of the wand wherein the cleaning unit is also operable in an above floor cleaning mode in which in the wand is removed from the support structure and the wand and the flexible air flow conduit are in air flow communication upstream of the cleaning unit; and, (f) each of the wand and the cleaning unit is separately removable from the support structure wherein when the upright surface cleaning apparatus is in the upright mode the wand is mounted to a portion of the support structure and the cleaning unit is mounted to; supported by the portion of the support structure and an inlet end of the wand is located below an upper end of the cleaning unit.