Patent ID: 8739359

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including a suction motor; (b) a main body comprising a front end, a rear end, first and second opposed sidewalls, and a suction motor provided in the air flow path, at least one of the first and second opposed sidewalls has a compartment that houses at least one of, batteries, a power cord reel and control electronics, wherein the compartment is exterior to the airflow path; and, (c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path, the cyclone bin assembly having opposed end walls wherein the suction motor and the cyclone bin assembly are external to the compartment and wherein the surface cleaning apparatus further comprises a filter, the first sidewall comprises a first side wheel and the second sidewall comprises a second side wheel, wherein the compartment is defined between the first side wheel and the first sidewall and the filter is accessible when the second side wheel is moved to an open position.