IP Library Granted Patent US 11,617,482
Granted Patent B2
US 11,617,482 · App. 16/270,078 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

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

Inventors: Nicholas Sardar (London, GB); Christopher P. Pinches (Surrey, GB); Lee M. Cottrell (Newton, MA); Samuel Emrys James (London, GB); Michael James Douglas (London, GB); David S. Clare (London, GB)
Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
A47L9/0027A46B15/0095A47L9/322
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,617,482
App. No.
16/270,078
Filed
Feb 7, 2019
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3723
USPC
15/410
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.

Claims (38)

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.

Assignments (2)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064600/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2019
From: SARDAR, NICHOLAS; PINCHES, CHRISTOPHER P.; COTTRELL, LEE M.; JAMES, SAMUEL EMRYS; DOUGLAS, MICHAEL JAMES; CLARE, DAVID S.
To: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Reel/Frame 049214/0811 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62712634 · Jul 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62628781 · Feb 9, 2018
Related Publication 20190246853A1 · Aug 15, 2019
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