Patent ID: 8739358

Claim:
A floor cleaner comprising: a base defining a front and a rear side of the floor cleaner; a plurality of wheels coupled to the base for rollingly supporting the base on a surface; a suction nozzle coupled to the base; a handle pivotably connected to the base; an above-the-floor cleaning tool; a dirt cup removably coupled to the handle and the dirt cup including, a separation chamber, a first dirty-air conduit extending between and in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the separation chamber to define a floor dirty airflow pathway between the suction nozzle and the separation chamber, and a second dirty-air conduit extending between and in fluid communication with the above-the-floor cleaning tool and the separation chamber to define an above-the-floor dirty airflow pathway between the above-the-floor cleaning tool and the separation chamber; a suction source supported on the floor cleaner and in fluid communication with and positioned downstream of the separation chamber such that a suction is provided at the suction nozzle and at the above-the-floor cleaning tool.