US 11,864,714 B2
Hand-held surface cleaning device
Daniel Tonderys, Needham, MA (US); Andre D. Brown, Natick, MA (US); Daniel Innes, West Roxbury, MA (US); Bastin Antonisami, Needham, MA (US); Jason B. Thorne, Dover, MA (US); Kai Xu, Suzhou (CN); Heliang Chen, Suzhou (CN); and Adam Udy, Sutton (GB)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating, LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,090.
Application 17/224,090 is a division of application No. 16/136,934, filed on Sep. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,213,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/619,309, filed on Jan. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/616,908, filed on Jan. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/585,320, filed on Nov. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/561,851, filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290019 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/02 (2006.01); A47L 9/20 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); A47L 11/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/26 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 5/24 (2013.01) [A47L 5/225 (2013.01); A47L 5/26 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/0018 (2013.01); A47L 9/02 (2013.01); A47L 9/0466 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/165 (2013.01); A47L 9/1691 (2013.01); A47L 9/20 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/322 (2013.01); A47L 9/325 (2013.01); A47L 11/24 (2013.01); A47L 9/102 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 2201/00 (2013.01); A47L 2201/02 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held surface cleaning device comprising:
a handle portion at a first end of the device;
a nozzle at a second end of the device, the nozzle being removable from the device and defining a nozzle dirty air inlet;
a motor for generating suction and drawing air into the nozzle dirty air inlet and through a dirty air passageway;
a dust cup coupled to the nozzle and in fluid communication with the dirty air passageway for receiving debris through the nozzle dirty air inlet and storing the debris, the nozzle being removably coupled to a first end of the dust cup; and
a valve body coupled to the nozzle, the valve body being positioned to prevent the debris from exiting the dust cup through the nozzle dirty air inlet in absence of suction provided by the motor, the valve body being configured to be displaced when suction is generated by the motor to allow the debris to be drawn into the dust cup through the nozzle dirty air inlet;
a filter disposed in the dust cup, the filter being removable from an opening at a second end of the dust cup when the dust cup is removed from the device.