Patent ID: 8567006

Claim:
An upright surface cleaning apparatus having a cyclonic cleaning stage and comprising: (a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty fluid inlet; (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the upright surface cleaning apparatus; (c) an upright section comprising a support member, the upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head; (d) a cleaning and suction unit removable and useable as a portable surface cleaning apparatus, the cleaning and suction unit comprising a suction motor, an above floor cleaning wand comprising a rigid conduit having an air inlet and a flexible hose having an air outlet and at least one cyclone having a cyclone inlet and a cyclone chamber; (e) an airflow conduit extending from the air inlet of the rigid conduit to the cyclone inlet and comprising the flexible hose; (f) a mounting assembly removably mounting the cleaning and suction unit to the upright section of the upright surface cleaning apparatus, the mounting assembly having an upper section for removably receiving an end of the above floor cleaning wand and a lower section for removably receiving an end of the support member; and, (g) at least two operating components of the upright surface cleaning apparatus including the cyclonic cleaning stage mounted directly or indirectly to the mounting assembly, wherein the air inlet of the above the floor cleaning wand is removably received in the upper section and the above floor cleaning wand further comprises a handle, whereby the handle is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head when the cleaning and suction unit is mounted to the upright section.