Patent ID: 6626969
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for mounting a vacuum cleaner filter bag on a vacuum cleaner fill tube, said apparatus comprising:a filter bag panel configured to be grasped by a hand to mount the bag on the fill tube; said panel having an inner edge defining an opening for receiving the fill tube when the bag is mounted on the fill tube; said panel further having an outer edge; said outer edge having a first recessed section that is sized and shaped to receive a single finger of the hand when the hand grasps said panel, said first recessed section having a first innermost location; and said outer edge further having a second recessed section that is sized and shaped to receive the thumb of the hand when the hand grasps said panel, said second recessed section having a second innermost location; said innermost locations being spaced apart from each other along an imaginary straight line extending across said opening.