Surface cleaning apparatus with shoulder strap reel

a technology of surface cleaning and shoulder straps, which is applied in the direction of cleaning equipment, suction cleaners, domestic applications, etc., can solve the problems of decreasing the maneuverability of the vacuum cleaner and increasing the overall size of the vacuum cleaner, and achieves the effect of increasing the maneuverability of the vacuum cleaner and a larger collection bin

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-31
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[0004]In accordance with this invention, a surface cleaning apparatus that has a shoulder strap reel is provided. An advantage of this design is that a user may employ a shoulder strap with, e.g., a vacuum cleaner, thereby increasing the maneuverability of t...

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Increasing the size of the dirt collection receptacle may result in the overall size of the va...

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[0051]Embodiments of a surface cleaning apparatus 10 of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. As shown in FIG. 1, the surface cleaning apparatus 10 may be a hand carryable vacuum cleaner. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the surface cleaning apparatus 10 may be a wheel-mounted vacuum cleaner, which may be converted to a carryable vacuum cleaner (e.g., a canister or a wet / dry vacuum cleaner). As shown in FIG. 3, the surface cleaning apparatus 10 may be an upright vacuum cleaner, which may be converted to a carryable vacuum cleaner. In other embodiments, the surface cleaning apparatus 10 may be another type of surface cleaning apparatus for example a stick vacuum cleaner, a back pack vacuum cleaner, a carpet extractor or the like.

[0052]Surface cleaning apparatus 10 comprises a fluid flow path extending from a dirty fluid inlet 12 to a clean air outlet 14. A suction and filtration unit 16 is provided in the fluid flow path. The suction and filtration unit comprises a fluid ...

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A surface cleaning apparatus has a unit that is self contained and has a shoulder strap reel containing a shoulder strap that is manually or automatically deployable or withdrawable.

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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional applications 60 / 884,767 (filed on Jan. 12, 2007), 60 / 870,175 (filed on Dec. 15, 2006) and 60 / 869,586 (filed on Dec. 12, 2006), all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to surface cleaning apparatus, such as vacuum cleaners, wet / dry vacuum cleaners and carpet extractors. More specifically, the invention relates to surface cleaning apparatus which comprise a shoulder strap reel, preferably mounted to a suction and filtration unitBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various types of surface cleaning apparatus are known in the art, for example hand carryable vacuum cleaners, and vacuum cleaners, which are movable along a surface (e.g. an upright and a canister vacuum cleaner). The vacuum cleaner that may be selected for a particular application, will vary depending upon a number of factors. For example, vacuum clean...

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IPC IPC(8): A47L5/36
CPCA47L5/225A47L9/009A47L5/32
Inventor CONRAD, WAYNE ERNEST
Owner G B D
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