Patent ID: 8240003
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A handle assembly for a cleaning appliance, comprising: a handle portion for maneuvering the cleaning appliance across a surface to be cleaned, a flexible hose having a first end configured to be connectable to a main body of the cleaning appliance and a second end connected to the handle portion, and a tubular wand, having a first end and a second end, wherein the tubular wand is slidably mounted in the handle portion so as to be slidable between a first position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion inside the flexible hose and in which the first end of the tubular wand is arranged within the handle portion, and a second position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion away from the flexible hose and in which the second end of the tubular wand is proximate the handle portion.