Patent ID: 7251856

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner nozzle for floors and carpets, comprising: a housing comprised of an upper part and a slide sole; a pivotable rocker located inside the housing on a rear segment in a working direction; an actuating lever to operate the rocker; and strip-shaped gasket elements arranged in a working direction in front of and behind a suction port formed in the slide sole, said gasket elements being adapted to be retracted and moved out of openings at a lower side of the housing with a swivel motion of the rocker, wherein the rocker is comprised of a pin-jointed frame plastic molding having a rod with cylindrical bearing surfaces and parallel profile strips to fasten the gasket elements as well as cross-members that connect the rod and the profile strips, and wherein the cross-members are arranged on both sides of a suction channel that runs inside of the housing to an opening in the suction port.