Patent ID: 6216313
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A handle for a steam cleaner having a support housing, said handle comprisinga hollow tubular member having a flat front and rear face, said tubular member having a longitudinal axis and being T-shaped in longitudinal cross-section with a stem and a cross bar,said cross bar attached to a first end of the stem and having a pair of grips on opposite sides of the stem,said stem widening towards a second end of the stem and bifurcated into a pair of branches which are adapted to be journaled to the support housing of the cleaner,said hollow tubular member having an integrally formed tubular outrigger connected by a pair of hollow posts, said outrigger and posts lying in the same plane as the hollow tubular member and forming a closed loop with the hollow tubular member,whereby the outrigger provides an integral cord wrap and the closed loop increases the flexural rigidity of the handle along the longitudinal axis of the hollow tubular member.