Patent ID: 7836544

Claim:
A wet/dry bare floor cleaner comprising: a base; a fluid delivery system comprising: a fluid tank; a fluid distributor for dispensing fluid onto a surface to be cleaned; and a fluid distribution conduit between the fluid tank and the fluid distributor; a recovery system comprising: a wet suction nozzle; a dry suction nozzle; a recovery tank for receiving wet and dry debris; a working air conduit extending from each of the dry suction nozzle and the wet suction nozzle to the recovery tank; a diverter mounted in the working air conduit and movable between a dry suction position and a wet suction position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the wet suction nozzle and the dry suction nozzle, respectively, to the recovery tank; and a motor/fan assembly mounted to one of the handle and the base and adapted to create a working air flow in the working air conduit from at least one of the dry suction nozzle and the wet nozzle and to the recovery tank; and a handle pivotally connected to the base for movement between a dry suction position and a wet suction position that is different than the dry suction position; the handle including a bi-directional grip having a first portion adapted to be conveniently gripped by a hand of the user when the handle is in the dry suction position and a second portion which is adapted to be conveniently gripped by the hand of the user in substantially the same relative position when the handle is in the wet suction position; and at least one of the first portion and the second portion comprising a trigger coupled to the fluid delivery system for dispensing fluid onto the surface to be cleaned.