US 11,903,555 B1
Surface cleaning apparatus with lighting
Sang Hoon Chung, Holland, MI (US); Mike Luyckx, Ada, MI (US); Chris J. Harmelink, Wyoming, MI (US); Patryk Donald Akhurst, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Isaac Busken-Jovanovich, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Christopher L Hogg, Holland, MI (US); and Churu Yun, Plainwell, MI (US)
Assigned to BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/283,047
Filed by BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/021291
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/212120, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,321, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Int. Cl. A47L 9/30 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/30 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0009 (2013.01); A47L 11/302 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
a base adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and having a plurality of sides, including at least a front side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a rear side;
an upright body moveably mounted to the base and comprising a handle;
at least one of a fluid delivery system, recovery system, or a combination thereof;
a controller; and
an illumination system operably coupled with the controller to receive input from the controller, the illumination system comprising lighting extending along at least at least a portion of the front side, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side of the base;
wherein the lighting is configured to emit visible light onto the surface to be cleaned to produce an illumination zone that extends greater than 180 degrees around the base to provide greater than 180 degrees of illumination around the base;
wherein the lighting extends along at least a portion of the rear side.