Patent ID: 9161666
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A surface cleaning head comprising: (a) a front end, a rear end and first and second opposed lateral sides; (b) a main body having an entrance to an enclosed air flow passage and a front portion that extends forwardly from the enclosed air flow passage, the front portion having a central brushless, planar portion and laterally spaced apart side portions that extend to the first and second opposed lateral sides such that, when the surface cleaning head is positioned on a surface to be cleaned, a lower surface of the front portion is spaced from and faces the surface to be cleaned; and, (c) an air flow passage extending from the front end to an air outlet, the air flow passage includes an open lower sided passage located between the lower surface and the surface to be cleaned when the surface cleaning head is positioned on the surface to be cleaned that extends concurrently horizontally and rearwardly to the entrance to the enclosed passage, wherein each side portion has a depending wall that extends downwardly from the central portion and is angled rearwardly and inwardly to define a sidewall of the open sided passage.