Patent ID: 8286302
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. An upright vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface comprising: a base unit; a carriage configured to move the base unit on the surface; an upper body having a dust collection container disposed therein, the upper body being supported so as to be tiltable relative to the base unit and lockable in a parked position in which the vacuum cleaner has a substantially upright position when standing on the surface; a motor-fan unit configured to provide a partial vacuum at the surface; an air conduit connecting the base unit and the dust collection container, the air conduit including a section formed by a hose or an assembly of the hose and a wand, the section being at least partially disposed externally on the upper body and being configured to enable a vacuuming mode of operation that is independent of the base unit; and a tubular member forming at least part of a transition between the hose and the upper body, the tubular member being swivelably disposed on the upper body, the tubular member being configured to swivel from an upright position to a rearward pointing position when the upper body is in the parked position and to be lockable in the rearward pointing position.