Patent ID: 8448294

Claim:
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, the cleaner head comprising: a rotatable agitator comprising a drive shaft, a body connected to the drive shaft, and at least one surface engaging member mounted on the body, each surface engaging member having a first extremity for engaging a surface to be cleaned and a second extremity located opposite to the first extremity and which is moveable relative to the drive shaft upon engagement between the first extremity and the surface; and an agitator chamber housing the agitator, the agitator chamber comprising a downwardly-directed opening through which debris energized by said at least one surface engaging member enters the cleaner head, the opening being located in a plane; wherein the body is inclined relative to the plane of the opening so that, with rotation of the agitator, the first extremity of each surface engaging member protrudes through the opening.