Vacuum cleaner handle and stiffening element

US7140067B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wilma Albert · Hammelburg, DE
• Herbert Kess · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
• Sebastian Räder · Bastheim, DE
• Andreas Schlereth · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
• Jörg Schröter · Drolshagen, DE
• Thomas Seith · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L9/327
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A household appliance, particularly a vacuum cleaner, has a housing of rigid material and formed with at least two interconnected housing parts and a handle that is also made of a rigid material. The household appliance is rendered especially rigid and the risk of losing grip of the handle of the appliance is reduced by integrating the handle into a stiffening element that is disposed at the intersection of the housing parts and by providing the handle with a cover that is made of a softer material.