Patent ID: 6314610
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner bag housing assembly movable between an open position which provides access to a vacuum cleaner filter bag, and a closed position which encloses the vacuum cleaner filter bag, said bag housing assembly including:a bag housing which forms a bag cavity for receiving the vacuum cleaner filter bag; a bag door attached to the bag housing which encloses the bag cavity, the bag door including a panel formed of a semi-rigid flexible material and having a periphery; and herein at least a portion of one of the bag housing and the bag door is formed of a semi-rigid flexible material which is permeable to air and sufficiently rigid to retain a molded shape, and the at least a portion of one of the bag housing and bag door formed of semi-rigid flexible material has a plastic frame member molded directly to the periphery of the panel.