Patent ID: 7650668

Claim:
An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising: a suction nozzle that draws in external air; a vacuum cleaner body that receives a dust collecting device that separates foreign particles from the air drawn in by the suction nozzle; a connection tube that connects the vacuum cleaner body with the suction nozzle; a tube guide having one end thereof that is detachably connected to the connection tube; a mini nozzle configured to be coupled to the vacuum cleaner body in a first mode and to the one end of the tube guide in a second mode, wherein the mini nozzle includes a suction hole through which air is drawn into the mini nozzle and a suction tube that is rotatably installed within the mini nozzle so as to discharge air from the suction hole into the tube guide coupled thereto in the second mode; a mini nozzle seat formed as a recess in one face of the vacuum cleaner body so as to couple the mini nozzle to the vacuum cleaner body in the first mode, the mini nozzle seat having a shape corresponding to a shape of the mini nozzle, wherein the mini nozzle seat comprises a suction tube seat having suction tube hanging jaws that protrude from an inner surface thereof so as to rotatably couple the suction tube within the mini nozzle; and a lower hanging part formed on a lower surface of the mini nozzle seat, wherein the lower hanging part secures the mini nozzle in the mini nozzle seat.