Patent ID: 8082623

Claim:
A floor cleaning appliance, comprising: a body including a nozzle assembly, a suction inlet carried on said nozzle assembly and a handle assembly pivotally connected to said nozzle assembly and selectively displaceable into and out of a home position; a dirt collection vessel carried on said body; a suction generator carried on said body; a latch locking said handle assembly in said home position; and an actuator carried on said handle assembly remote from said latch, said actuator releasing said latch to allow said handle assembly to be moved from said home position; said handle assembly being further characterized by including an arcuate rack and having an adjustable hand grip received on said rack where said rack includes a series of notches and said adjustable hand grip includes a latching pin received in one of said series of notches to lock said hand grip into a selected position on said rack.