Patent ID: 7222393

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner nozzle for floors and carpets, comprising: a housing having an upper part made of plastic and having pivot-shaped projections; a slide sole with a suction port, said slide sole being connected to the upper part of the housing via slip joints arranged between the pivot-shaped projections of the upper part of the housing and counter elements formed on the slide sole; a gasket base adjustably arranged inside the upper part of the housing and having at least one strip-shaped gasket element that can be retracted and moved out at a lower side of the nozzle with an adjustment movement of the gasket base, wherein the gasket base is pivotably held in a rear segment of the upper part of the housing in a working direction between formed support webs of the upper part of the housing and the slide sole, and is guided at least at one of the pivots formed by the slip joints; a tilting lever to operate the gasket base; return springs that act on the gasket base; and a suction channel formed on the upper part of the housing, said suction channel having on one end a connecting piece connected to the slide sole and a joint cup of a hinged joint on another end, wherein the suction port is comprised of a flow channel formed into the slide sole, which extends from a central opening running into the suction channel transversely to the suction channel.