Patent ID: 8720002

Claim:
A cleaning appliance, comprising: a main body; a handle portion releasably attached to the main body of the cleaning appliance for maneuvering the appliance across a surface to be cleaned; a flexible hose having a first end and a second end, the first end of the flexible hose being connected to the main body of the cleaning appliance, the second end of the flexible hose having a collar, the collar releasably connecting the second end of the hose to the handle portion; and a tubular wand, having a first end and a second end, wherein the tubular wand is slidably mounted in the handle portion so as to be slidable between a first position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion inside the flexible hose and in which the first end of the tubular wand is proximate the handle portion and the second end of the tubular wand is distal to the handle portion, and a second position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion away from the flexible hose and in which the second end of the tubular wand is proximate the handle portion and the first end of the tubular wand is distal to the handle portion.