Patent ID: 8732898
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A vacuum cleaner that has: a base that rolls; a tank section that is carried by the base; a vacuum head that is removably attached to an upper part of the tank section; a molded inner tank that forms a lower part of the tank section and connects to the base; a vacuum source that is connected to the vacuum head and is in fluid communication with a reservoir within the molded inner tank; a vacuum inlet that is in fluid communication with the vacuum source; an exhaust outlet that is in fluid communication with the vacuum source; a tank collar that extends radially outwardly from the molded inner tank and forms a downward opening slot; and a metal wall that has a thickness of between 0.02 and 0.035 inches, substantially surrounds the molded inner tank, has an upper edge that fits within the downward-opening slot against the tank collar, has a lower edge that fits within an upward-opening slot formed between a recess in the base and the molded inner tank, and is trapped in place between the tank collar and the base when the molded inner tank is connected to the base wherein the upward-opening slot is substantially aligned with the downward-opening slot.