Patent ID: 8091168

Claim:
A housing for a handheld vacuum cleaner, the housing comprising: a frame element forming at least a portion of a handle and extending in a main handle direction; a through hole passing through and encircled by the frame element, the through hole extending sideways and substantially perpendicular to the main handle direction, and being configured to receive one or more fingers of an operator; a top casing element connected to the frame element and covering at least a portion of a top side of the frame element; and a bottom casing element connected to the frame element and covering at least a portion of the bottom side of the frame element; a first side casing part disposed on one side of the housing; and a second side casing part disposed on opposite side of the housing; wherein the first side casing part and second side casing part extend between the top casing element and the bottom casing element, and are formed as a single, one-piece element with the frame element; and wherein the frame element, the top casing element, the bottom casing element, the first side casing part and the second side casing part are arranged to form at least part of a vacuum source housing for accommodating at least a part of a vacuum source.