Patent Publication Number: US-2019174982-A1

Title: Vacuum Attachment Assembly

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     Not Applicable 
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
     Not Applicable 
     THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
     Not Applicable 
     INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC OR AS A TEXT FILE VIA THE OFFICE ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM 
     Not Applicable 
     STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR JOINT INVENTOR 
     Not Applicable 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to vacuum attachment devices and more particularly pertains to a new vacuum attachment device for sweeping dirt out of corners. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a nozzle that has a top wall and a perimeter wall that extends downwardly from the top wall. The perimeter wall has a bottom edge that defines an opening into the nozzle. The top wall has a receiving aperture that is fluidly coupled to the opening of the bottom edge. The perimeter wall has a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side and is elongated from the first lateral side to the second lateral side. A conduit is attached to the top wall and is fluidly coupled to the opening such that the conduit is in fluid communication with an interior of the nozzle. The conduit is configured to be fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose. A cleaning head is releasably attachable to the nozzle and is configured to be used to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top side view of a vacuum attachment assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new vacuum attachment device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the vacuum attachment assembly  10  generally comprises a nozzle  12  that has a top wall  14  and a perimeter wall  16  that extends downwardly from the top wall  14 . The perimeter wall  16  has a bottom edge  18  that defines an opening  20  into the nozzle  12 . The top wall  14  has a receiving aperture  22  that is fluidly coupled to the opening  20  of the bottom edge  18 . The perimeter wall  16  has a front side  24 , a back side  26 , a first lateral side  28  and a second lateral side  30  and is elongated from the first lateral side  28  to the second lateral side  30 . The nozzle  12  has a length from the first lateral side  28  to the second lateral side  30  that is between 3.0 inches and 6.0 inches. The nozzle  12  has a width from the front side  24  to the back side  26  that is between 1.5 inches to 3.0 inches. 
     A conduit  32  is attached to the top wall  14  and is fluidly coupled to the opening  20  such that the conduit  32  is in fluid communication with an interior  34  of the nozzle  12 . The conduit  32  is fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose  36 . The conduit  32  includes a tube  38  that is attached to and extends upwardly from the top wall  14 . The tube  38  bounds the opening  20  and has a distal edge  40  with respect to the nozzle  12  wherein the distal edge  40  is open. The distance from the distal edge  40  of the tube  38  to the bottom edge  18  of the nozzle  12  is between 4.0 inches and 6.0 inches. 
     An adaptor  42  is removably insertable into the tube  38  such that the adapter  42  extends outwardly away from the distal edge  40 . The adaptor  42  has a narrow end  44 , a wide end  46  and a peripheral wall  48  that is attached to and extends between the narrow end  44  and the wide end  46 . The peripheral wall  48  tapers outwardly from the narrow end  44  to the wide end  46 . The wide end  46  is extendable into the tube  38  and the narrow end  44  is insertably extended into the vacuum hose  36  such that the nozzle  12  is in fluid communication with the vacuum hose  36 . 
     A plurality of ribs  50  is included and each of the ribs  50  is positioned on the adaptor  42  and frictionally engages the vacuum hose  36  when the vacuum hose  36  is attached to the adaptor  42 . Each of the ribs  50  is positioned on the peripheral wall  48  of the adaptor  42 . Each of the ribs  50  is continuous such that each of the ribs  50  extends around an entire circumference of the peripheral wall  48 . The ribs  50  are spaced from each other and comprise of a resiliently compressible material wherein the ribs  50  form a seal between the adaptor  42  and the vacuum hose  36  when the adaptor  52  is extended into the vacuum hose  36 . 
     A cleaning head  52  is releasably attached to the nozzle  12 . The cleaning head  52  is used to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum hose  36  sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle  12 . The cleaning head  52  comprises a ring  54  that has a top surface  56  and a bottom surface  58 . The ring  54  is longitudinally elongated such that the ring  54  has an ovoid shape. A support  60  extends longitudinally through a center point  62  of the ring  54  such that the support  60  bisects the ring  54 . The support  60  has a lower surface  64  that is aligned with the bottom surface  58  of the ring  54 . 
     A coupler  66  releasably couples the ring  54  to the bottom edge  18  of the nozzle  12 . The coupler  66  includes a plurality of pins  68  wherein each of the pins  68  is positioned on the top surface  56  of the ring  54 . The bottom edge  18  has a plurality of wells  70  that extend upwardly therein. Each of the wells  70  is positioned to releasably receive one of the pins  68 . 
     A plurality of first brushes  72  is attached to the lower surface  64  of the support  60 . The first brushes  72  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a line. The line extends along an entire length of the support  60  and on to the bottom surface  58  of the ring  54 . The first brushes  72  extend downwardly from the support  60  and the ring  54 . Each of the first brushes  72  tapers outwardly away from the support  60 . 
     A plurality of second brushes  74  is attached to the bottom surface  58  of the ring  54 . The second brushes  74  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around an entire perimeter of the ring  54 . Each of the second brushers tapers  74  outwardly away from the ring. 
     The first brushes  72  extend away from the support  60  a first distance and the second brushes  74  extend away from the ring  54  a second distance. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The first distance is equal to at least 0.5 inches greater than the second distance. Each of the first and second brushes  72 ,  74  comprises a plurality of resiliently bendable bristles. 
     In use, the adapter  42  is inserted into the tube  38  and into the vacuum hose  36 . The coupler  66  secures the ring  54  to the bottom edge  18  of the nozzle  12 . The vacuum is turned on to begin sucking air upwardly through the assembly  10 . Each of the first brushes  72  and each of the second brushes  74  are rubbed against a targeted area to loosen the dirt. The loose dirt is then sucked through the nozzle  12 , upwardly through the conduit  32 , the adaptor  42  and finally into the vacuum hose  36 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.