US 12,310,547 B2
Agitator with hair removal
Adam Udy, Sutton (GB); Andre D. Brown, Natick, MA (US); and Steven P. Carter, London (GB)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/393,800.
Application 18/393,800 is a continuation of application No. 17/587,569, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Application 17/587,569 is a continuation of application No. 15/699,358, filed on Sep. 8, 2017, granted, now 11,234,568, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/385,572, filed on Sep. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115092 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/0477 (2013.01) [A46B 13/006 (2013.01); A47L 7/0066 (2013.01); A47L 9/0411 (2013.01); A47L 9/1409 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
a cleaning head including an agitator chamber;
an agitator configured to be coupled to said cleaning head at least partially within said agitator chamber and to be rotated about a pivot axis, said agitator including:
an elongated agitator body;
a first hair migration region comprising:
a first continuous row of bristles at least partially revolved around and extending outward from said elongated agitator body;
a first sidewall at least partially revolved around and extending outward from said elongated agitator body along a first side of said first continuous row of bristles; and
a second sidewall at least partially revolved around and extending outward from said elongated agitator body along a second, opposite side of said first continuous row of bristles; and
a plurality of protrusions in a comb configuration extending from, and being immovable relative to, the agitator chamber, the plurality of protrusions in a comb configuration configured to contact at least one of said first or said second sidewall;
wherein said first sidewall is spaced apart a first separation distance from the first continuous row of bristles;
wherein said second sidewall is spaced apart a second separation distance from the first continuous row of bristles; and
wherein said first and said second sidewall each are configured to extend outward from and beyond an adjacent, surrounding periphery of said elongated body.