Patent ID: 9084522
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a main body comprising a fluid flow motor; (b) a first cyclonic cleaning stage having first and second spaced apart ends and comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber having first and second spaced apart ends, a dirty fluid inlet located at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and a clean fluid outlet, the dirty fluid inlet defining a passage extending along a passage axis that intersects the clean fluid outlet; (c) a handle comprising a handle portion that extends upwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface wherein the handle portion is positioned rearward of the first cyclonic cleaning stage whereby a portion of the cyclone chamber is positioned between the dirty fluid inlet and the handle portion; and, (d) a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet, the wand having a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head,