Patent ID: 7159271

Claim:
A wet extraction cleaning device comprising: a base assembly adapted to move on a surface to be cleaned, the base assembly comprising an inlet nozzle forming a fluid communication path between an inlet slit and a nozzle outlet, the inlet slit being located on the base assembly proximal to the surface to be cleaned; an operation handle pivotally attached to base assembly, and having a pivot axis about which the operation handle pivots relative to the base assembly; a supply tank adapted to hold cleaning fluid and having a supply tank outlet; a recovery tank adapted to hold recovered fluid, and having a recovery tank inlet and a recovery tank outlet; a fluid deposition assembly in selective fluid communication with the supply tank outlet and adapted to convey fluid from the supply tank to the surface to be cleaned; a vacuum source having a vacuum source inlet; a first externally facing pocket; a second externally facing pocket; wherein the supply tank is adapted to be selectively received in the first externally facing pocket to place the supply tank in fluid communication with the fluid deposition assembly, and the recovery tank is adapted to be selectively received in the second externally facing pocket to place the recovery tank inlet in fluid communication with the nozzle outlet and the recovery tank outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source inlet; and wherein the first externally facing pocket and the second externally facing pocket are located in the base assembly.