Patent ID: 7707674

Claim:
A hand-held motorized household cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing; a battery located in the housing; a motor located in the housing and connected to the battery; an output drive shaft driven by the motor, the output drive shaft being rotatable about a shaft axis and having a first coupling end; a cleaning attachment that is rotatable about an attachment axis, the cleaning attachment having an input member with a second coupling end that is configured to drivingly but releasably engage the first coupling end; a flexible adapter that may be selectively interposed between the output drive shaft and the cleaning attachment, the flexible adapter having a first drive end, which is configured to drivingly but releasably engage the first coupling end of the output drive shaft, and a second drive end, which is configured to drivingly but releasably engage the second coupling end of the cleaning attachment, the flexible adapter permitting rotation of the cleaning attachment between a first position, wherein the attachment axis is generally coincident with the shaft axis, and a second position, wherein the attachment axis and the shaft axis are arranged in an oblique condition; wherein the flexible adapter includes a unitarily formed flexible member that interconnects the first and second drive ends; and wherein the flexible member defines a first mounting flange having a plurality of drive tabs that are fixedly coupled to the first drive end.