Accessories for a surface treatment apparatus having a plurality of operational states and surface treatment apparatus configured to actuate the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11617482-B2
Application number	US-201916270078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2019
Priority date	Feb 9, 2018
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

A surface treatment apparatus may include a coupling, a handle, an accessory coupled to the coupling, and a toggle proximate the handle. The accessory may have at least two operational states. An actuation of the toggle may cause the accessory to transition between operational states.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber;
a coupling extending around at least a portion of the inlet;
a handle;
an accessory coupled to the coupling, the accessory having at least two operational states;
a toggle proximate the handle; and
an actuator having an actuated state and an unactuated state, when in the unactuated state, the actuator is recessed relative to the coupling, and, when in the actuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by an extension distance, the actuator being configured to cause the accessory to transition between the operational states in response to actuation of the toggle;
wherein the accessory includes a brush having a collar, the collar being configured to slide along the brush between a first state and a second state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

2. The surface treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes a wand having a stand, the stand being configured to transition between a stored state and a use state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

3. The surface treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a first end of the stand is pivotally coupled to the wand.

4. The surface treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes a brush tool slideably coupled to a crevice tool, the brush tool being configured to transition between a stored state and a use state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

5. The surface treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes a crevice tool, the crevice tool being configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state in response to the actuation of the toggle, a width of the unexpanded state measuring less than a width of the expanded state.

6. The surface treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the toggle is one of a button or a trigger.

7. A handheld surface treatment apparatus comprising:
a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber;
a coupling extending around at least a portion of the inlet;
a handle;
a toggle proximate the handle;
a wand coupled to the coupling, the wand including a stand configured to be transitioned between a stand stored state and a stand use state in response to actuation of the toggle, wherein a distal end of the stand includes an expanding foot configured to transition from a foot stored state to a foot use state in response to the stand transitioning from the stand stored state to the stand use state; and
a surface cleaning head fluidly coupled to the wand.

8. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, a first end of the stand is pivotally coupled to the wand.

9. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, when the toggle is actuated, the stand pivots in a direction of a floor.

10. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a biasing mechanism, wherein the biasing mechanism urges the stand from the stand use state to the stand stored state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

11. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the toggle is one of a button or a trigger.

12. A handheld surface treatment apparatus comprising:
a vacuum chamber having a suction motor and a debris canister;
a coupling extending around at least a portion of an inlet fluidly coupled to the vacuum chamber, the coupling being configured to couple to an accessory having at least two operational states;
a handle;
a toggle proximate the handle; and
an actuator having an actuated state and an unactuated state, when in the unactuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by a first extension distance, and, when in the actuated state, the actuator extends from the coupling by a second extension distance, the second extension distance being greater than the first extension distance, the actuator being configured to cause the accessory to transition between operational states in response to actuation of the toggle;
wherein the accessory includes a brush having a collar, the collar being configured to slide along the brush between a first state and a second state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

13. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the accessory includes a wand having a stand, the stand being configured to transition between a stored state and a use state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

14. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a first end of the stand is pivotally coupled to the wand.

15. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the accessory includes a brush tool slideably coupled to a crevice tool, the brush tool being configured to transition between a stored state and a use state in response to the actuation of the toggle.

16. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the accessory includes a crevice tool, the crevice tool being configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state in response to the actuation of the toggle, a width of the unexpanded state measuring less than a width of the expanded state.

17. The handheld surface treatment apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the toggle is one of a button or a trigger.

Assignees

• Sharkninja Operating Llc

Inventors

• Sardar Nicholas
• Pinches Christopher P
• Cottrell Lee M
• James Samuel Emrys
• Douglas Michael James
• Clare David S

Classifications

• A47L9/322

  for hand-supported suction cleaners · CPC title

• A47L9/242

  Hose or pipe couplings · CPC title

• A47L9/0027 Primary

  specially adapted for holding the suction cleaning tools · CPC title

• A47L5/24

  Hand-supported suction cleaners · CPC title

• A47L9/0063

  External storing devices; Stands, casings or the like for the storage of suction cleaners · CPC title