Vacuum pod configured to couple to one or more accessories

US11723498B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SharkNinja Operating LLC · US

Inventors

• Andre D. Brown · Natick, US
• Jason B. Thorne · Wellesley, US
• Kai Xu · Suzhou, CN
• Lee M. Cottrell · Newton, US
• Alexander Calvino · Needham, US
• Gordon Howes · Suzhou, CN
• AiMing XU · Suzhou, CN
• Wenxiu Gao · Suzhou, CN
• Oliver Chambers · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L9/325
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An example of a vacuum pod may include a handle, a vacuum pod body, a dust cup removably coupled to the vacuum pod body, and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the dust cup. The fluid conduit may include a flexible hose configured to transition between an expanded and a retracted position and a coupling configured to be removably coupled to the vacuum pod body. A first end of the flexible hose may be coupled to the vacuum pod body and a second end of the flexible hose may be coupled to the coupling. When the coupling is coupled to the vacuum pod body, the flexible hose may be in the retracted position.