Patent ID: 6839934
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A multi-operational battery powered vacuum cleaner comprising: (a) a hand held vacuum cleaner comprising a nose cone air flow inlet and a handle; (b) a support caddy comprising a support member to which the hand held vacuum cleaner can be detachably secured, and a floor cleaning head attached to the support member; and (c) an upper handle portion that can be detachably secured to the support caddy; wherein the vacuum cleaner system can operate: (i) in a first mode as the hand-held vacuum cleaner alone; (ii) in a second mode with the hand-held vacuum cleaner secured to the support caddy and operating in concert with the floor cleaning head; or (iii) in a third mode as in (ii) but further with the upper handle portion secured to the support caddy; and wherein the support member includes a first latch member biased by a spring, the spring of the first latch member being movable from an uncompressed state to a compressed state.