US 11,730,333 B2
Portable extractor
Juan Aviles Quintero, Huntersville, NC (US); Israel Del Toro, Charlotte, NC (US); Donovan Bode, Charlotte, NC (US); and Mohammed Irfan, Huntersville, NC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed by Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/53,032.
Application 18/053,032 is a continuation of application No. 16/577,156, filed on Sep. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,523,725.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,769, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069708 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/4016 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0019 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable cleaner comprising:
a recovery tank including a container configured to receive and store recovered liquid and/or dirt and a tank lid for covering the container and the tank lid is openable, the container and the tank lid removable from the portable cleaner as a unit;
a main housing that removably supports the recovery tank in a vertical orientation in which the tank lid at least partially defines a top side of the portable cleaner; and
a tank latch provided in the tank lid, the tank latch selectively secures and releases the tank lid to the main housing when the recovery tank is supported by the main housing,
wherein the main housing further includes a housing body having a front portion and a rear portion, the main housing further includes a support member at an upper end of the front portion of the housing body, and the support member projects forwardly above the recovery tank,
wherein the tank lid includes a rear top portion that defines a recess area, the recess area includes a top end and a rear end, and the rear end and the top end of the recess area are open, and
wherein the recess area receives the support member when the recovery tank is supported by the main housing.