Patent ID: 9060665
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A47L,B25G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A floor treatment appliance comprising: an appliance head to treat a floor surface; a body pivotally connected to the appliance head, the body being pivotable between a use position and a locked position in which at least one of an upper portion of the body and a lower portion of the body is lockable against pivoting; the body including a swivel joint that allows at least one of the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the body to swivel relative to the appliance head between at least a home swivel position and a non-home swivel position; the body including a lock-prevention member which prevents the lower portion of the body from becoming locked in the locked position when the upper portion of the body is in the non-home swivel position, and permits the lower portion of the body to become locked in the locked position when the upper portion of the body is in the home swivel position, the lock-prevention member being movable relative to at least one of the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the body that swivels relative to the appliance head, and the lock-prevention member being moveable relative to the appliance head; and wherein the body further includes a swivel disk that rotates relative to the lock-prevention member, and wherein when the body is in the non-home swivel position, the swivel disk limits the distance which the lock-prevention member can move relative to the body.