Patent ID: 8914940

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a base including, a dirty air intake duct connected to a dirty air discharge by a motor assembly, the motor assembly having a motor including a shaft; a first wheel mount; and a second wheel mount; and a dust collection assembly fluidly connected to the base through the dirty air discharge, wherein the first wheel mount and the second wheel mount are co-axial, the motor assembly draws dirty air in from the dirty air intake duct, through the motor assembly, and exhausts the air through the dirty air discharge into the dust collection assembly, at least a portion of the motor is disposed in the first wheel mount, and the first wheel mount carries a wheel that rotates around the motor assembly about an axis of rotation, the first wheel mount extends radially outward from the motor assembly, and a portion of the motor assembly intersects a plane defined by the wheel perpendicular to the axis of rotation.