US 12,290,220 B2
Cleaning apparatus
Bartholomew Lampard, London (GB); Jennifer Andrews, Cambridge, MA (US); Fariha Ahmed, Brighton, MA (US); Jay Castro, Brookline, MA (US); Oliver G. Holmes, London (GB); Joe Baxter, London (GB); Wil McArdle, Needham, MA (US); Ognjen Vrdoljak, Laval (CA); Lois Jones, London (GB); Joshua Kingsbury, Canterbury (GB); David T. Barker, Goole (GB); Jemima L. C. Meil, Lancaster (GB); Shiqi Mu, Suzhou (CN); Heliang Chen, Suzhou (CN); Dawei Liu, Suzhou (CN); Xiang Zhou, Suzhou (CN); Cong Su, Suzhou (CN); and Mingliang Qin, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/737,436.
Application 18/737,436 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2024/073318, filed on Jan. 19, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/535,207, filed on Aug. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/503,766, filed on May 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0389818 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/22 (2006.01); A47L 11/24 (2006.01); A47L 11/282 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/4016 (2013.01) [A47L 11/22 (2013.01); A47L 11/24 (2013.01); A47L 11/282 (2013.01); A47L 11/4025 (2013.01); A47L 11/4041 (2013.01); A47L 11/4075 (2013.01); A47L 11/4088 (2013.01); A47L 11/4008 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01); A47L 11/4086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface cleaning device comprising:
an upright section; and
a surface cleaning head pivotally coupled to the upright section, the surface cleaning head including:
a fluid distributor configured to distribute a cleaning fluid;
an agitator configured to absorb at least a portion of the cleaning fluid distributed by the fluid distributor and to agitate debris on the surface to be cleaned;
a fluid stripper configured to remove, from the agitator, at least a portion of the distributed cleaning fluid absorbed by the agitator;
a debris container including:
a solid debris chamber configured to collect at least a portion of the debris agitated from the surface to be cleaned; and
a fluid debris chamber configured to collect at least a portion of the fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper; and
a removable cover extending over at least a portion of the debris container and at least a portion of the agitator, the removable cover including a fluid catch plate pivotably coupled thereto and configured to transfer at least a portion of the cleaning fluid removed from the agitator by the fluid stripper to the fluid debris chamber, the fluid catch plate being configured to selectively and pivotably transition between an in-use position and a cleaning position when the removable cover is removed from the surface cleaning head.