Patent ID: 8707497

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner and bracket combination that has: a vacuum cleaner that has angled grooves behind two lip portions; and a wall-mountable bracket that has (a) a stem portion that has two lower wall segments that have parallel outer edges that define a plane; (b) two upper wall segments that (i) have lower horizontal limits that are closer together than the lower wall segments are, (ii) have inner edges that are adjacent to the wall plate, (iii) have outer edges that are spaced farther from the plane of the wall than the outer edges of the lower wall segments are, and (iv) taper toward each other above their lower horizontal limits; and (c) side rim portions that (i) extend from outer edges of the upper wall segments, (ii) have inner edges that are adjacent to portions of the outer edges of the upper wall segments, (iii) have outer edges that are spaced farther from the wall plate than the respective inner edges are, and (iv) are configured to fit within the angled grooves on the vacuum cleaner in a manner for supporting at least some of the weight of the vacuum cleaner, and to hold the vacuum cleaner in a suspended position.