US 12,185,900 B2
Vacuum cleaner and docking station configured to cooperate with the same
Kai Xu, Suzhou (CN); Baodong Lu, Suzhou (CN); Yuang Xie, Suzhou (CN); Jingjiang Wu, Suzhou (CN); and Queena Li Tan, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,122.
Application 18/407,122 is a continuation of application No. 18/085,009, filed on Dec. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,896,190.
Application 18/085,009 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/118922, filed on Sep. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156316 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 5/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/149 (2013.01) [A47L 5/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system comprising:
a vacuum cleaner including:
an air inlet;
a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet;
a cleaner dust cup; and
a manifold assembly configured to selectively fluidly couple the cleaner dust cup to each of the suction motor inlet and the suction motor outlet, the manifold assembly including a suction opening fluidly coupled to the suction motor inlet and an exhaust outlet fluidly coupled to the suction motor outlet, wherein the cleaner dust cup is displaced to transition the cleaner dust cup from being fluidly coupled to the suction opening to being fluidly coupled to the exhaust outlet; and
a docking station, the docking station including:
a base;
a support extending from the base;
a station dust cup removably coupled to the support; and
a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is received in the receptacle.