US 11,937,762 B2
Vacuum tools
Kyle Reeder, Waukesha, WI (US); Ellen M. Owens, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jonathan Lowry, Milwaukee, WI (US); Alexander J. Goodman, Milwaukee, WI (US); Christopher J. Metcalf, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Scott T. Moeller, Richfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/058,813
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US); Kyle Reeder, Waukesha, WI (US); Ellen M. Owens, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jonathan Lowry, Milwaukee, WI (US); Alexander J. Goodman, Milwaukee, WI (US); Christopher J. Metcalf, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Scott T. Moeller, Richfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/039652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/264183, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,656, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,041, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,070, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,883, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183520 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); B08B 15/04 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/0673 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0004 (2013.01); A47L 7/0095 (2013.01); A47L 9/066 (2013.01); A47L 9/0693 (2013.01); A47L 9/242 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/327 (2013.01); B08B 15/04 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0071 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum tool configured to be removably coupled to a hose or wand of a vacuum, the vacuum tool comprising:
a body including a first end, a second end, and a central longitudinal axis extending from the first end toward the second end;
a head coupled to the first end of the body, the head having a top wall, a bottom wall positioned opposite the top wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall;
a connection portion coupled to the second end of the body and configured to couple the body to the hose or wand of the vacuum cleaner;
a brush removably coupled to the head, wherein the brush includes an elongate support configured to couple the brush to the head, and a plurality of bristles positioned on the elongate support;
wherein the brush is removably positionable within the head in a first position between the top wall and the bottom wall with the elongate support extending along a first lateral axis transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the body;
wherein the brush is removably positionable within the head in a second position between the top wall and the bottom wall with the elongate support extending along a second lateral axis parallel to the first lateral axis, the second lateral axis offset from the central longitudinal axis and the first lateral axis;
wherein a first distance defined between the first lateral axis and the top wall is different from a second distance defined between the second lateral axis and the top wall;
wherein, with the brush in the first position, the brush is configured to rotate relative to the head about the first lateral axis; and
wherein, with the brush in the second position, the brush is configured to rotate relative to the head about the second lateral axis.