Cleaner holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10610075-B2
Application number	US-201715590177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	May 9, 2016
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A cleaner holder according to an embodiment includes: a charging stand body having at least one charging port for charging a battery of a cleaner, a support connected to the charging stand body; and a base supported on a floor and connected to the support, wherein the base includes: an inner base surrounding at least a portion of the support; an upper cover coupled to the inner base on an upper side of the inner base and configured to support an outer peripheral surface of the support; and a lower cover coupled to the inner base on a lower side of the inner base and configured to support an inner peripheral surface of the support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaner holder comprising:
a charging stand body that includes at least one charging port configured to charge a battery of a cleaner;
a base configured to rest on ground; and
a support that connects the charging stand body to the base,
wherein the base comprises:
an inner base surrounding at least a portion of the support,
an upper cover coupled to an upper side of the inner base and configured to support an outer peripheral surface of the support, and
a lower cover coupled to a lower side of the inner base and configured to support an inner peripheral surface of the support,

wherein the lower cover comprises a lower neck inserted into a lower end of the support, the lower neck contacting at least a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the support.

2. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the upper cover comprises a first neck extending upward and surrounding at least a portion of the support.

3. The cleaner holder of claim 2 , wherein the inner base comprises a second neck configured to be inserted into the first neck, the second neck surrounding at least a portion of the support.

4. The cleaner holder of claim 3 , wherein an inner peripheral surface of the second neck contacts at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the support.

5. The cleaner holder of claim 3 , wherein the support includes a fastening unit configured to couple the support to the second neck of the inner base.

6. The cleaner holder of claim 5 , wherein the fastening unit comprises a boss and an elastic member that supports the boss, the boss being configured to be selectively inserted into and withdrawn from an inside of the support, and
wherein the second neck includes a coupling part configured to receive the boss.

7. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the lower cover includes a recess that is recessed upward from a bottom surface of the lower cover, the recess being located under the lower neck.

8. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the lower cover further includes a support rib that surrounds the lower neck and is configured to support a bottom surface of the inner base.

9. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the inner base defines a coupling hole that receives an upper coupling member of the upper cover and a lower coupling member of the lower cover.

10. The cleaner holder of claim 9 , wherein the lower coupling member includes an insertion groove into which the upper coupling member is inserted, and
wherein at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the upper coupling member contacts an inner peripheral surface of the insertion groove.

11. The cleaner holder of claim 9 , wherein the inner base comprises:
a body coupled to the support; and
an auxiliary base coupled to a front portion of the body.

12. The cleaner holder of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary base is made of a metal material and the body is made of a plastic material that is lighter the metal material such that a center of gravity of the inner base is closer to the auxiliary base than to the body.

13. The cleaner holder of claim 11 , wherein the body include a coupling boss configured to be inserted into the auxiliary base.

14. The cleaner holder of claim 13 , wherein the coupling hole is positioned in the coupling boss.

15. The cleaner holder of claim 11 , wherein the coupling hole is positioned in the auxiliary base.

16. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the lower cover includes a friction part on a bottom surface of the lower cover, the friction part being configured to provide friction between the bottom surface of the lower cover and ground.

17. The cleaner holder of claim 16 , wherein the friction part includes a rubber gasket or a spike.

18. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the upper cover includes a contact rib that protrudes downward from a bottom surface of the upper cover, the contact rib being contacting an upper surface of the inner base.

19. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the upper cover includes fastening bosses configured to be coupled to fastening holes defined in the lower cover.

20. The cleaner holder of claim 1 , wherein the charging stand body includes a battery accommodating part configured to receive a cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner, and an additional charging port is located in the battery accommodating part.

21. A cleaner holder comprising:
a charging stand body comprising a support part that protrudes forward and that is configured to receive a portion of a cleaner;
a charging port located at a front surface of the charging stand body and configured to charge a battery of the cleaner;
a support extending vertically downward from and being connected to the charging stand body; and
a base located vertically below the support and connected to the support, the base having a front edge and a rear edge,
wherein the support is connected to the base at a location that is closer to the rear edge of the base than to the front edge of the base, and
wherein the support is connected to the charging stand body at a location that is closer to a rear surface of the charging stand body than to the support part of the charging stand body.

22. The cleaner holder of claim 21 , wherein the location at which the support is connected to the base is between a center of gravity of the base and the rear edge of the base.

23. The cleaner holder of claim 21 , wherein the support part of the charging stand body protrudes forward of a front end of the support.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Namhee
• Nam Bohyun
• Hwang Jungbae
• Kim Jinju
• Bae Sehwan

Classifications

• A47L9/2884

  Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation · CPC title

• A47L5/00

  Structural features of suction cleaners · CPC title

• H01M10/46

  Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• H01M10/44

  Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• A47L9/2873

  Docking units or charging stations (for autonomous or robotic vacuum cleaners A47L2201/02) · CPC title