Patent ID: 7591042

Claim:
An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising: a suction nozzle device through which outer air is sucked into the vacuum cleaner; a main body through which the air sucked in through the suction nozzle device is introduced, the main body comprising cases that include a front case that protects a front side of the main body and a rear case coupled with the front case and formed at a rear side of the front case; a hose connected to the suction nozzle device and the main body, that introduces the air sucked through the suction nozzle device into the main body; a carrying handle formed on the front case, the carrying handle having an upper surface on which the hose is seated and gripped by a user while being transferred; and a manipulation handle formed at an upper portion of the main body and gripped by a user during a cleaning operation to hold and manipulate the vacuum cleaner.