Patent ID: 6836931

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a housing; a motor disposed with said housing for generating a vacuum air flow; a removable dust collection module carried by said housing; a latching mechanism for detachably securing said removable dust collection module to said housing, said latching mechanism comprising: (i) a latch member that can move from a first position in which, in use, it can engage part of the vacuum cleaner housing to a second position in which, in use, it is free from the housing; and (ii) a release member that is movable, in use, relative to the latch member, the movement causing the latch member to move from its said first position to said second position; (iii) the latch member includes an elongate member having a resilient biasing portion that provides a biasing force tending to urge the latching mechanism towards said first position; and (iv) the latch member further including two end housing engagement portions that are urged into locking engagement with said housing by said biasing force from said resilient biasing portion.