Patent ID: 6341403
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A two-way protecting guard for a portable appliance; the portable appliance including a body having a front and sides, a working surface arranged between the front and sides and disposed adjacent a surface to be cleaned when the appliance is in use, and an opening in the working surface for receiving debris and litter drawn into the body section by a partial vacuum; the two-way protecting guard comprising:padding adapted to cover the front and sides of the body of the portable appliance, a magnet having a length at least as long as a length of the opening in the portable appliance, a single cover encasing the padding and magnet, the cover being a separate material from the padding, and at least one strap for securing the two-way protecting guard to the portable appliance, the padding, magnet and cover forming an integral unit that is arranged so that when the two-way protecting guard is secured to the body of the portable appliance, the padding is arranged on the front and sides of the body of portable appliance and the magnet is arranged on a lower part of the front of the body of the portable appliance between the body of the portable appliance and the padding.