US 12,490,875 B2
Vacuum tools
Kyle Reeder, Waukesha, WI (US); Ellen M. Owens, Milwaukee, WI (US); Jonathan Lowry, Milwaukee, WI (US); Alexander J. Goodman, Milwaukee, WI (US); Christopher J. Metcalf, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Scott T. Moeller, Richfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/628,167.
Application 18/628,167 is a continuation of application No. 17/621,000, previously published as PCT/US2020/039679, filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,656, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,041, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,070, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,883, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324832 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); B08B 15/04 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/0673 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0004 (2013.01); A47L 7/0095 (2013.01); A47L 9/066 (2013.01); A47L 9/0693 (2013.01); A47L 9/242 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/327 (2013.01); B08B 15/04 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0071 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum tool for removably coupling to a hose or wand of a vacuum, the vacuum tool comprising:
a body including
a first end,
a second end opposite the first end, and
at least one wall extending between the first end and the second end, the at least one wall forming a work surface suction opening and a cavity in fluid communication with the work surface suction opening;
a funnel extending from the first end, the funnel including
a proximal skirt portion coupled to the first end of the body, the proximal skirt portion having an aperture defined therein, the aperture in fluid communication with the cavity of the body, and
a distal skirt portion integrally formed with the proximal skirt portion, the distal skirt portion extending from the proximal skirt portion in a direction away from both the first end of the body and the second end of the body;
a gasket coupled to the body and positioned along a perimeter of the work surface suction opening; and
a connection portion coupled to the second end of the body, the connection portion including a conduit defined therein, the conduit being in fluid communication with the cavity of the body, the conduit including an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with the hose or wand of the vacuum;
wherein the proximal skirt portion of the funnel extends at least partially into the cavity of the body.