Patent ID: 8769767

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; b) a main body configured to roll in a first direction and comprising a front end, a rear end spaced apart from the front end in the first direction, first and second opposed sidewalls spaced apart from each other in a second direction that is generally orthogonal to the first direction, a cavity positioned above a platform portion and having an open upper end spaced apart from the platform portion in a third direction that is different than the first and second directions and positioned between the first and second opposed side walls, and a suction motor provided in the air flow path, wherein the motor is provided under the cavity in the third direction; and, c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path, the cyclone bin assembly having a lower surface, an upper portion spaced apart from the lower surface in the third direction and opposed first and second end walls spaced apart from each other in the second direction, the cyclone bin assembly includes a front edge adjacent the front end main body and a rear edge adjacent the rear end of the main body, and the upper portion of the cyclone bin comprises a surface extending from the front edge to the rear edge, d) a locking member lockingly securing the cyclone bin assembly in the cavity, the cyclone bin assembly being removably mounted in the cavity, when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted in the cavity the cyclone bin assembly overlies at least a portion of the platform portion, the first end wall is proximate the first side wall, the second end wall is proximate the second sidewall and the upper portion of the cyclone bin assembly is exposed and forms an outer surface of the surface cleaning apparatus, and wherein the cyclone bin assembly is removable from the cavity by lifting the cyclone bin assembly out of the cavity in the third direction and in the absence of removing any closure panel that closes the cavity.