US 11,786,090 B2
Floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner
Jens Schneider, Werther (DE); Alexander Cordes, Bielefeld (DE); and Martin Behrenswerth, Hilter (DE)
Assigned to MIELE & CIE. KG, Guetersloh (DE)
Filed by Miele & Cie. KG, Guetersloh (DE)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/864,027.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 100 346.0 (DE), filed on Jan. 10, 2017; and application No. 10 2017 115 523.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0192835 A1, Jul. 12, 2018
Int. Cl. A47L 9/02 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/02 (2013.01) [A47L 5/362 (2013.01); A47L 9/102 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, the floor nozzle comprising:
a housing including a sole plate which faces a floor surface when in a working position, the sole plate including a rear portion, a front portion, and lateral portions, the sole plate having provided therein a suction opening, the suction opening being surrounded by the rear portion of the sole plate, the front portion of the sole plate, and the lateral portions of the sole plate,
wherein the rear portion and the lateral portions of the sole plate are deformable,
and
wherein the lateral portions of the sole plate each comprise multiple segments and multiple V-shaped elastomer hinges, each of the V-shaped elastomer hinges pivotably connecting adjacent ones of the segments to one another.