Patent ID: 6507968
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A47L,E01H

Abstract:
A skirt apparatus for a surface treating apparatus, said skirt apparatus comprising:a flexible inner member having an upper edge and a lower edge, with the upper and lower edges spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; the inner member including a first attachment region and a second attachment region, with the first and second attachment regions spaced apart from each other by a first predetermined dimension, and, a flexible outer member having an upper edge and a lower edge, with the upper and lower edges spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, with the outer member including a first attachment region and a second attachment region, with the first and second attachment regions being spaced apart from each other by a second predetermined dimension greater than the first predetermined dimension and wherein each of the first and second attachment regions of the inner member and the outer member is generally linear, with the inner and outer members being coupled to each other at their respective first and second attachment regions, and wherein the skirt apparatus is coupled to the surface treating apparatus proximate to the upper edges of the inner and outer members, and wherein a lower edge of the skirt apparatus is substantially free to contact a ground surface and deflect in response to surface irregularities of the ground surface.