Patent ID: 8916002
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: A01G,B08B

Abstract:
1. A portable vacuum, comprising: a container having a sidewall, an open bottom portion, an opposing, open top portion and an attachment opening in the sidewall; a bucket detachably coupled to the container, the bucket receiving the bottom portion of the container; a vacuum unit detachably coupled to and closing off the top portion of the container, the vacuum unit having at least one air inlet, at least one air exhaust port, a pair of rotatable fans, an upper fan case, and a lower fan case, the upper and lower fan cases being configured to separately enclose each fan and to form a separate ducted air passage from each fan to the exhaust port, the vacuum unit being operable to selectably generate an air stream entering the air inlet and exiting the air exhaust port; and an elongate, hollow suction tube having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end being detachably coupled to the attachment opening of the container, the air stream generating a vacuum at the second end of the suction tube operable to draw waste material into the suction tube, the waste material being deposited in the bucket.