Patent ID: 8122562
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A hand held surface cleaning implement, comprising: a nozzle assembly having front nozzle body with a suction nozzle, a rear nozzle body and a hose connector that is adapted to be connected to a vacuum hose as a source of suction, wherein a fluid flow path is formed between the suction nozzle and the rear nozzle body, and the suction nozzle is adapted to remove fluid from a surface to be cleaned when the suction nozzle is in contact with the surface to be cleaned with the front nozzle body in a predetermined orientation with respect to the surface to be cleaned and suction is applied to the fluid flow path; an agitator assembly comprising an agitator body mounted to the front nozzle body and an agitator member immovably mounted to the agitator body for scrubbing or otherwise agitating the surface to be cleaned; wherein the agitator body is mounted to the front nozzle body for movement between a first position and a second position; and wherein the suction nozzle and the agitator body are configured within the front nozzle body so that when the front nozzle body is in the predetermined orientation with respect to the surface to be cleaned and the agitator body is in the first position, the suction nozzle is spaced from the surface to be cleaned by the agitator member, and when the front nozzle body is in the predetermined orientation with respect to the surface to be cleaned and the agitator body is in the second position, the suction nozzle is in contact with the surface to be cleaned.