US 11,700,986 B2
Vacuum cleaner
Gary A. Kasper, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,368.
Application 17/240,368 is a continuation of application No. 15/212,700, filed on Jul. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,986,968.
Application 15/212,700 is a continuation of application No. 13/938,317, filed on Jul. 10, 2013, granted, now 9,392,919, issued on Jul. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/671,252, filed on Jul. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244245 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/30 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 5/225 (2013.01) [A47L 5/30 (2013.01); A47L 9/0411 (2013.01); A47L 9/0466 (2013.01); A47L 9/0483 (2013.01); A47L 9/16 (2013.01); A47L 9/165 (2013.01); A47L 9/1641 (2013.01); A47L 9/1658 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/24 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/325 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising:
an upright handle assembly comprising an elongated structural support and a module platform having an upper surface extending forwardly from the elongated structural support;
a foot assembly adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle; and
a multi-axis joint swivelably mounting a lower portion of the module platform of the upright handle assembly to an upper portion of the foot assembly and defining a first axis about which the upright handle assembly twists relative to the foot assembly and a second axis about which the upright handle assembly pivots relative to the foot assembly a working air path formed from the suction nozzle and passing through the multi-axis joint, wherein the multi-axis joint comprises:
a pivot neck coupled to the upright handle assembly;
a pivot ring coupled with the foot assembly and rotatably mounted to the pivot neck to permit rotation about the first axis; and
a biasing mechanism provided within the multi-axis joint and operable to bias the upright handle assembly about the first axis towards a neutral position centered along a vertical plane through the multi-axis joint.