Patent ID: 7565712

Claim:
A portable powered cleaning device, comprising: a housing; a motor mounted in the housing so that a drive shaft of the motor extends adjacent a bottom opening of the housing; a rechargeable battery disposed in the housing for powering the motor; a carrier coupled to the drive shaft through the bottom opening and mounted to the housing so as to reciprocate with respect to the housing when the drive shaft is moved; a cleaning attachment removably attached to the carrier by a hook and loop fastener connection so as to also reciprocate with respect to the housing at least 3,000 cycles per minute when the drive shaft is moved; a power switch positioned on a front surface of the housing, electrically coupled between the battery and the motor; and an interrupt switch electrically coupled between the power switch and the battery such that when the carrier is reciprocating with respect to the housing and the interrupt switch is caused to cease to be pressed this cessation of pressing will result in the carrier not reciprocating relative to the housing; wherein the device can be operated such that the cleaning attachment moves in a non-circular orbital path, and such that the device delivers a liquid cleanser to a surface that the device is used on; and wherein the interrupt switch is positioned on a top surface of the housing of the device so as to be depressible by virtue of a hand being placed on the top surface of the housing.