Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible hose with compact storage configuration and a cleaning apparatus using the same
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Application No.: US16053260Application Date: 2018-08-02
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Publication No.: US10986970B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Jason B. Thorne , Andre D. Brown , Daniel Innes , Lee M. Cottrell , Adam Udy , Daniel Tonderys , David Clare , Kai Xu
- Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Needham
- Assignee: SharkNinja Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee: SharkNinja Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Needham
- Agency: Grossman Tucker Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC
- Main IPC: A47L9/24
- IPC: A47L9/24 ; A47L5/28

Abstract:
A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190038098A1 FLEXIBLE HOSE WITH COMPACT STORAGE CONFIGURATION AND A CLEANING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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