US 12,419,473 B2
Handheld extraction cleaner
Victoria J. Royale, Comstock Park, MI (US)
Assigned to BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/919,949.
Application 18/919,949 is a continuation of application No. 17/555,830, filed on Dec. 20, 2021, granted, now 12,144,483.
Application 17/555,830 is a continuation of application No. 17/108,026, filed on Dec. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,229,338, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/943,442, filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0040770 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/26 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); A47L 11/26 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 7/0009 (2013.01) [A47L 5/26 (2013.01); A47L 7/0038 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/322 (2013.01); A47L 11/26 (2013.01); A47L 11/4016 (2013.01); A47L 11/4041 (2013.01); A47L 11/4069 (2013.01); A47L 11/4075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld extraction cleaner, comprising:
a unitary body including a carry handle and a supply tank receiver having a tank receiver inlet, the unitary body having a forward end and a rearward end; and
a fluid delivery system including at least one fluid distributor at the forward end of the unitary body and a supply tank carried by the unitary body and removably mounted in the supply tank receiver, the supply tank comprising:
a tank body with a tank outlet, the tank body defining a supply chamber for holding a supply of cleaning liquid; and
a drain pipe provided in a bottom of the supply tank and comprising a pipe inlet in fluid communication with the supply chamber and a pipe outlet, wherein the drain pipe is oriented with the pipe inlet toward the forward end of the unitary body to provide liquid to the tank outlet when the extraction cleaner is tipped forward; and
wherein the tank outlet comprises a quick connect fitting configured to mate with the tank receiver inlet, whereby the tank outlet can be quickly connected and unconnected to the tank receiver inlet using a single hand;
wherein the handheld extraction cleaner has an operative use position relative to a surface to be cleaned in which the extraction cleaner is tipped forward and the pipe inlet is closer to the surface to be cleaned than the pipe outlet.