Patent ID: 8205294

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cleaner body having a suction motor, a dust collecting unit, and a body frame in which the suction motor and the dust-collecting unit are disposed; a suction inlet body hinged to a lower end of the body frame; an extension pipe assembly detachably fixed on the body frame, the extension pipe assembly having a hose and an extension pipe connected in fluid communication with the hose; and a suction path switching unit disposed on the body frame and having a switching duct, at least a portion of the switching duct is elastic and slideably arranged on a suction path to be displaceable on the suction path, wherein, as the extension pipe is fixed on or separated from the body frame, the portion of the switching duct is selectively slid to a first position of opening a first suction path flowing from the suction inlet body to the dust collecting unit or a second position of opening a second suction path flowing from the extension pipe to the dust collecting unit.