Patent ID: 6497002
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner side brush for directing floor surface debris toward a suction inlet of a vacuum cleaner in motion, said side brush comprising(a) a connection surface having a substantially flat top side and a bottom side; and (b) at least one blade, wherein each blade of said at least one blade is joined at a blade top to said bottom side of said connection surface and extends downwardly from said blade top to a blade bottom, wherein each blade of said at least one blade has an outwardly facing edge, an inwardly facing edge, and a blade longitudinal axis extending through said blade top and said blade bottom amid said outwardly and inwardly facing edges, and wherein each blade of said at least one blade is configured to have an angle of axial rotation about said blade longitudinal axis such that said outwardly facing edge is forward of said inwardly facing edge along a direction of motion of the vacuum cleaner.