Patent ID: 7703168

Claim:
A bumper and dusting attachment, for a vacuum cleaner head having a periphery with a front and opposing first and second sides, to protect and dust mop boards, floor moldings and furniture while vacuuming, the bumper and dusting attachment comprising in combination: a flexible body having a first end portion, an opposing second end portion, a top edge, a bottom edge, a front surface and a back surface, the body having a length sufficient to extend simultaneously about the front and at least a portion of first and second sides of the vacuum cleaner head; a medial chamber defined by the body containing resiliently deformable padding; a protruding lip carried on the front surface extending from the first end portion to the second end portion spacedly below the top edge that extends outwardly from the body when the body is fastened to the vacuum cleaner head; and means to releasably fasten the body to the periphery of the vacuum cleaner head.