Patent ID: 7383609

Claim:
An upright type vacuum cleaner, comprising: a main body with a filtering device that filters out foreign materials entrained in sucked air; a suction nozzle device connected to a lower portion of the main body to be pivoted on a first joint portion; a suction force generating device mounted in one of the main body and the suction nozzle device to generate suction force for sucking the air with the entrained foreign materials; and a handle connected to the main body to be pivoted on a second joint portion, and provided with a third joint portion in the handle so that the handle can be folded at certain angles, wherein the handle is configured to be grasped by a user in use, and wherein the second joint portion comprises: a connecting piece formed on one of the main body and the handle; a connecting disk formed on the other of the main body and the handle and pivotably connected to the connecting piece; a second rotational shaft simultaneously passing through the connecting piece and the connecting disk to act as a center of relative rotation of the connecting piece and the connecting disk; and a locking device that maintains a state in which the connecting disk has been rotated with respect to the connecting piece.