Patent ID: 8032981
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A vacuum cleaner comprising: a brush assembly that travels along a cleaning surface and draws in dirt-entrained air therethrough; a cleaner body that is connected to the brush assembly via an extension pipe assembly and has a dust collector; a fixing unit that detachably mounts the cleaner body onto the brush assembly such that the vacuum cleaner is used as an upright type vacuum cleaner and dismounts the cleaner body from the brush assembly such that the vacuum cleaner is used as a canister type vacuum cleaner; and a regulation unit that restricts a horizontal rotation of the brush assembly if the cleaner body is mounted onto the brush assembly, wherein the fixing unit comprises: a first locking member that supports a lower portion of the cleaner body; and a second locking member that supports an upper portion of the cleaner body and is locked and released by a user, wherein the second locking member comprises: a grip unit that is disposed on the first extension pipe; and a grip portion that is disposed on a position of the cleaner body corresponding to the grip unit, and wherein the grip unit comprises: a support member that is fixed to a position of the first extension pipe to support a load applied from the cleaner body; a grip member that is hinged onto a position away from an upper portion of the support member; and an elastic member that is disposed between the support member and the grip member.