Patent CA-117880-S (CA)
Title: Vacuum appliance
Filed: 2006-10-13
Granted: 2007-11-21
Abstract: The said industrial design consists of the shape, configuration and ornamentation of a vacuum appliance having a housing portion; the housing portion has side walls, a bottom wall, a rear wall, a downward and forwards curved top wall, and a front wall which curves downwards and slightly inwards to the bottom wall; a raised area with beveled upper and lower corners extends along the side walls, across the rear wall, and across the front of the housing portion, separating the top wall from the front wall; the housing portion has bevelled corners between the side walls and the top wall and between the side walls and the front and rear walls; the portion of the raised area along the left side wall merges into an outwardly projecting element having a deep recessed open area with a curved inner surface in plan view;the front wall of the housing portion has a forwardly projecting area having an upper section and a lower section; the lower section has a generally semi-circular lower end in front elevation view and a sloped front surface; the lower section has a central generally cylindrical projection having a flat front surface; the upper section of the forwardly projecting area has a generally flat front surface and rounded top corners; the upper section has slightly upwardly converging side surfaces that merge through the rounded top corners into a flat top surface having a generally oblong opening therein; the upper sectionhas an open cylindrical member which extends forwards from the front surface thereof adjacent a generally rectangular area having a right side edge which curves inwards around the left side of the open cylindrical member;the side walls of the housing portion taper slightly inwards below the raised area; each side wall has a generally identical shallow and wide recessed area with an outwardly curved upper edge, a flat inner surface, and side edges with flare gradually outwards from top to bottom;the curved top wall has a deep recessed area therein with generally parallel and flat inside surfaces and a forwardly and upwards curved bottom surface having a series of parallel generally identical slots therein which extend most of the width of the bottom surface; a finned member extends across the top of the deep recessed area and has generally identical spaced-apart fin-like elements having curved upper edges; the ends of the finned member merge into domed generally semi-circular in plan view elements which are situated on the top wall adjacent the edges of the deep recessed area; a flat band-like member extends outwards from the left side domed element and merges into a generally U-shaped member situated adjacent the upper left side wall;the rear wall has a flat rearwards projecting element which is generally oblong and which is situated above the raised area; a central angle member extends rearwards and then downwards away from the upper edge of the raised area; a series of spaced-apart parallel generally oblong grooves extend along the each of the sides of the upper portion of the rear wall above the raised area and then continue a short distance along the adjacent side walls.