US20190174982A1

US20190174982A1 - Vacuum Attachment Assembly

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Publication number: US20190174982A1
Application number: US15/834,568
Authority: US
Inventors: Jose Santiago
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-12-07
Filing date: 2017-12-07
Publication date: 2019-06-13

Abstract

A vacuum attachment assembly for sweeping dirt out of corners includes a nozzle that has a top wall and a perimeter wall that extends downwardly from the top wall. The perimeter wall has a bottom edge that defines an opening into the nozzle. The perimeter wall has a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side and is elongated from the first lateral side to the second lateral side. A conduit is attached to the top wall and is fluidly coupled to the opening such that the conduit is in fluid communication with an interior of the nozzle. The conduit is fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose. A cleaning head is releasably attachable to the nozzle and is used to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to vacuum attachment devices and more particularly pertains to a new vacuum attachment device for sweeping dirt out of corners.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a nozzle that has a top wall and a perimeter wall that extends downwardly from the top wall. The perimeter wall has a bottom edge that defines an opening into the nozzle. The top wall has a receiving aperture that is fluidly coupled to the opening of the bottom edge. The perimeter wall has a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side and is elongated from the first lateral side to the second lateral side. A conduit is attached to the top wall and is fluidly coupled to the opening such that the conduit is in fluid communication with an interior of the nozzle. The conduit is configured to be fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose. A cleaning head is releasably attachable to the nozzle and is configured to be used to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top side view of a vacuum attachment assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 6 thereof, a new vacuum attachment device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.
As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the vacuum attachment assembly 10 generally comprises a nozzle 12 that has a top wall 14 and a perimeter wall 16 that extends downwardly from the top wall 14. The perimeter wall 16 has a bottom edge 18 that defines an opening 20 into the nozzle 12. The top wall 14 has a receiving aperture 22 that is fluidly coupled to the opening 20 of the bottom edge 18. The perimeter wall 16 has a front side 24, a back side 26, a first lateral side 28 and a second lateral side 30 and is elongated from the first lateral side 28 to the second lateral side 30. The nozzle 12 has a length from the first lateral side 28 to the second lateral side 30 that is between 3.0 inches and 6.0 inches. The nozzle 12 has a width from the front side 24 to the back side 26 that is between 1.5 inches to 3.0 inches.
A conduit 32 is attached to the top wall 14 and is fluidly coupled to the opening 20 such that the conduit 32 is in fluid communication with an interior 34 of the nozzle 12. The conduit 32 is fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose 36. The conduit 32 includes a tube 38 that is attached to and extends upwardly from the top wall 14. The tube 38 bounds the opening 20 and has a distal edge 40 with respect to the nozzle 12 wherein the distal edge 40 is open. The distance from the distal edge 40 of the tube 38 to the bottom edge 18 of the nozzle 12 is between 4.0 inches and 6.0 inches.
An adaptor 42 is removably insertable into the tube 38 such that the adapter 42 extends outwardly away from the distal edge 40. The adaptor 42 has a narrow end 44, a wide end 46 and a peripheral wall 48 that is attached to and extends between the narrow end 44 and the wide end 46. The peripheral wall 48 tapers outwardly from the narrow end 44 to the wide end 46. The wide end 46 is extendable into the tube 38 and the narrow end 44 is insertably extended into the vacuum hose 36 such that the nozzle 12 is in fluid communication with the vacuum hose 36.
A plurality of ribs 50 is included and each of the ribs 50 is positioned on the adaptor 42 and frictionally engages the vacuum hose 36 when the vacuum hose 36 is attached to the adaptor 42. Each of the ribs 50 is positioned on the peripheral wall 48 of the adaptor 42. Each of the ribs 50 is continuous such that each of the ribs 50 extends around an entire circumference of the peripheral wall 48. The ribs 50 are spaced from each other and comprise of a resiliently compressible material wherein the ribs 50 form a seal between the adaptor 42 and the vacuum hose 36 when the adaptor 52 is extended into the vacuum hose 36.
A cleaning head 52 is releasably attached to the nozzle 12. The cleaning head 52 is used to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum hose 36 sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle 12. The cleaning head 52 comprises a ring 54 that has a top surface 56 and a bottom surface 58. The ring 54 is longitudinally elongated such that the ring 54 has an ovoid shape. A support 60 extends longitudinally through a center point 62 of the ring 54 such that the support 60 bisects the ring 54. The support 60 has a lower surface 64 that is aligned with the bottom surface 58 of the ring 54.
A coupler 66 releasably couples the ring 54 to the bottom edge 18 of the nozzle 12. The coupler 66 includes a plurality of pins 68 wherein each of the pins 68 is positioned on the top surface 56 of the ring 54. The bottom edge 18 has a plurality of wells 70 that extend upwardly therein. Each of the wells 70 is positioned to releasably receive one of the pins 68.
A plurality of first brushes 72 is attached to the lower surface 64 of the support 60. The first brushes 72 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a line. The line extends along an entire length of the support 60 and on to the bottom surface 58 of the ring 54. The first brushes 72 extend downwardly from the support 60 and the ring 54. Each of the first brushes 72 tapers outwardly away from the support 60.
A plurality of second brushes 74 is attached to the bottom surface 58 of the ring 54. The second brushes 74 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around an entire perimeter of the ring 54. Each of the second brushers tapers 74 outwardly away from the ring.
The first brushes 72 extend away from the support 60 a first distance and the second brushes 74 extend away from the ring 54 a second distance. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The first distance is equal to at least 0.5 inches greater than the second distance. Each of the first and second brushes 72, 74 comprises a plurality of resiliently bendable bristles.
In use, the adapter 42 is inserted into the tube 38 and into the vacuum hose 36. The coupler 66 secures the ring 54 to the bottom edge 18 of the nozzle 12. The vacuum is turned on to begin sucking air upwardly through the assembly 10. Each of the first brushes 72 and each of the second brushes 74 are rubbed against a targeted area to loosen the dirt. The loose dirt is then sucked through the nozzle 12, upwardly through the conduit 32, the adaptor 42 and finally into the vacuum hose 36.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

Claims

I claim:

1. A cleaning attachment assembly configured to be attached to a vacuum hose, said assembly comprising:

a nozzle having a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downwardly from said top wall, said perimeter wall having a bottom edge that defines an opening into said nozzle, said top wall having a receiving aperture that is fluidly coupled to said opening of said bottom edge, said perimeter wall having a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said perimeter wall being elongated between said first lateral side to said second lateral side, a conduit being attached to said top wall and being fluidly coupled to said opening such that said conduit is in fluid communication with an interior of said nozzle, said conduit being configured to be fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose; and

a cleaning head being releasably attachable to said nozzle, said cleaning head being configured to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle.

2. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein said conduit includes a tube being attached to and extending upwardly from said top wall, said tube bounding said opening and having a distal edge with respect to said nozzle, said distal edge being open.

3. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 2, wherein said conduit further includes an adaptor being removably insertable into said tube such that said adapter extends outwardly away from said distal edge.

4. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 3, wherein said adaptor has a narrow end, a wide end and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between said narrow end and said wide end, said peripheral wall tapering outwardly from said narrow end to said wide end, said wide end being extendable into said tube and said narrow end is configured to be insertably extended into the vacuum hose such that said nozzle is fluid communication with the vacuum hose.

5. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 4, wherein said conduit further includes a plurality of ribs being positioned on said adaptor and being configured to frictionally engage the vacuum hose when said vacuum hose is attached to said adaptor, each of said ribs being positioned on said peripheral wall of said adaptor.

6. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 5, wherein each of said ribs being continuous such that each of said ribs extends around an entire circumference of said peripheral wall, said ribs being spaced from each other.

7. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 5, wherein each of said ribs is comprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said ribs are configured form a seal between said adaptor and the vacuum hose.

8. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 1, wherein said cleaning head comprises:

a ring having a top surface and a bottom surface, said ring being longitudinally elongated such that said ring has a ovoid shape;

a support extending longitudinally through a center point of said ring such that said support bisects said ring, said support having a lower surface being aligned with said bottom surface of said ring; and

a coupler releasably coupling said ring to said bottom edge of said nozzle.

9. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 8, wherein said coupler includes:

a plurality of pins, each of said pins being positioned on said top surface of said ring; and

said bottom edge having a plurality of wells extending upwardly therein, each of said wells being positioned to releasably receive one of said pins.

10. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 9, said cleaning head further including:

a plurality of first brushes being attached to said lower surface of said support, said first brushes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along a line, said line extending along an entire length of said support and on to said bottom surface of said ring, said first brushes extending downwardly from said support and said ring, each of said first brushes tapering outwardly away from said support; and

a plurality of second brushes being attached to said bottom surface of said ring, said second brushes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed around an entire perimeter of said ring, each of said second brushers tapering outwardly from said ring.

11. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 10, wherein said first brushes extend away from said support a first distance and said second brushes extending away from said ring a second distance, said first distance being greater than said second distance, said first distance being equal to at least 0.5 inches greater than said second distance.

13. The cleaning attachment assembly according to claim 10, wherein each of said first and second brushes comprise a plurality of resiliently bendable bristles.

14. A cleaning attachment assembly configured to be attached to a vacuum hose, said assembly comprising:

a nozzle having a top wall and a perimeter wall extending downwardly from said top wall, said perimeter wall having a bottom edge that defines an opening into said nozzle, said top wall having a receiving aperture that is fluidly coupled to said opening of said bottom edge, said perimeter wall having a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said perimeter wall being elongated between said first lateral side to said second lateral side, a conduit being attached to said top wall and being fluidly coupled to said opening such that said conduit is in fluid communication with an interior of said nozzle, said conduit being configured to be fluidly coupled to a vacuum hose, said conduit including:

a tube being attached to and extending upwardly from said top wall, said tube bounding said opening and having a distal edge with respect to said nozzle, said distal edge being open;

an adaptor being removably insertable into said tube such that said adapter extends outwardly away from said distal edge, said adaptor having a narrow end, a wide end and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending between said narrow end and said wide end, said peripheral wall tapering outwardly from said narrow end to said wide end, said wide end being extendable into said tube and said narrow end is configured to be insertably extended into the vacuum hose such that said nozzle is fluid communication with the vacuum hose; and

a plurality of ribs being positioned on said adaptor and being configured to frictionally engage the vacuum hose when said vacuum hose is attached to said adaptor, each of said ribs being positioned on said peripheral wall of said adaptor, each of said ribs being continuous such that each of said ribs extends around an entire circumference of said peripheral wall, said ribs being spaced from each other, each of said ribs being comprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said ribs are configured form a seal between said adaptor and the vacuum hose;

a cleaning head being releasably attachable to said nozzle, said cleaning head being configured to rub and loosen dirt out of corners wherein the vacuum sucks the dirt upwardly through the nozzle, said cleaning head comprising:

a support extending longitudinally through a center point of said ring such that said support bisects said ring, said support having a lower surface being aligned with said bottom surface of said ring;

a coupler releasably coupling said ring to said bottom edge of said nozzle, said coupler including:

a plurality of pins, each of said pins being positioned on said top surface of said ring;

said bottom edge having a plurality of wells extending upwardly therein, each of said wells being positioned to releasably receive one of said pins;

a plurality of first brushes being attached to said lower surface of said support, said first brushes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along a line, said line extending along an entire length of said support and on to said bottom surface of said ring, said first brushes extending downwardly from said support and said ring, each of said first brushes tapering outwardly away from said support;

a plurality of second brushes being attached to said bottom surface of said ring, said second brushes being spaced apart from each other and being distributed around an entire perimeter of said ring, each of said second brushers tapering outwardly from said ring;

said first brushes extending away from said support a first distance and said second brushes extending away from said ring a second distance, said first distance being greater than said second distance, said first distance being equal to at least 0.5 inches greater than said second distance; and

each of said first and second brushes comprising a plurality of resiliently bendable bristles.