Patent ID: 7374595
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A47L,B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter system for a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a main filter support adapted to be fixedly coupled to a mounting assembly of the vacuum cleaner; an outer filter support slidably coupled to the main filter support and extending at least partially around an outer periphery of the main filter support; and a filter having a filter element and a lateral seal portion coupled to the filter element, the filter being removably coupled around at least a portion of the outer filter support, and the lateral seal portion being oriented radially inward toward a longitudinal axis of the filter, the lateral seal portion overlapping at least a portion of a periphery of the outer filter support to form an overlapping portion of the seal with the outer filter support, the overlapping portion being adapted to be compressed between the mounting assembly and the outer filter support for sealing.