Patent ID: 9480373
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet; (b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position; (c) a portable surface cleaning unit comprising a suction motor and an air treatment member removably mounted to the upper portion; (d) an above floor cleaning wand removably receivable in the upper portion, the wand comprising a lower end and an upper end spaced from the lower end along a wand axis, the lower end is received in the upper portion and comprises a wand air inlet and the upper end comprises a wand air outlet, a handle is provided proximate the upper end of the wand, whereby, when the wand is received in the upper portion, the wand is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head and the upper portion is configured to stabilize the wand when the wand is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head; (e) a wand lock having a locked position in which the wand is secured to the upper portion and an unlocked position in which the wand is removable from the upper portion; and, (f) a flexible air flow conduit forming at least part of an air flow path from the above floor cleaning wand to the surface cleaning unit