公开(公告)号：US10986970B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16053260

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Adam Udy ,  Daniel Tonderys ,  David Clare ,  Kai Xu

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.

公开(公告)号：US11839347B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17240494

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Adam Udy ,  Daniel Tonderys ,  David Clare ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/248 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/244

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.