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Title: Hmmm Post by: twoiron on February 17, 2008, 02:18:32 PM Monday February 18, 2008
For people who want to clean their floors in the dark - a vacuum cleaner with headlights. Electrolux has been assigned a US patent (No. 7,328,479) for a light on a cleaning attachment, which can illuminate dust, dirt or debris in dark corners or under furniture. Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: birdymaker on February 17, 2008, 03:46:08 PM :o what are you some kinda seer or something? we could make a mint in the stock market. tomorrow give me tuesdays lotto numbers eh. :D
Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Jules on February 17, 2008, 05:21:48 PM Now would that be a good looking young man operating that vacuum cleaner in the dark. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: twoiron on February 17, 2008, 05:26:50 PM Now would that be a good looking young man operating that vacuum cleaner in the dark. ;D ;D ;D It's your fantasy Jules, so ummm, whatever floats your boat I guess... or vacuums your floor for that matter ;) Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Jules on February 17, 2008, 05:30:09 PM Sorry twoiron...... ::)
I'll behave myself. :-[ Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Aske on February 17, 2008, 05:36:22 PM weird, i've seen vacuums all my life that have lights
??? how is this patentable Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: twoiron on February 17, 2008, 05:39:20 PM weird, i've seen vacuums all my life that have lights ??? how is this patentable Maybe it comes with a fleshlight attachment?? I think stroh could shed some light on that.. so to speak Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Aske on February 17, 2008, 05:40:53 PM weird, i've seen vacuums all my life that have lights ??? how is this patentable Maybe it comes with a fleshlight attachment?? I think stroh could shed some white on that.. so to speak Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Fuzzy on February 17, 2008, 05:58:30 PM weird, i've seen vacuums all my life that have lights ??? how is this patentable I had the same question. Patent (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,328,479.PN.&OS=PN/7,328,479&RS=PN/7,328,479) Lighting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner Abstract A lighting device for a vacuum cleaner is provided with a cleaning attachment, a housing adapted to attach to the cleaning attachment, and at least one lighting device. The lighting device is further provided with an electric circuit including a battery and a switch operably connected to the battery and the lighting device to regulate electric current between the battery and the lighting device. The lighting device includes a timing device adapted to deactivate the lighting device after a predetermined amount of time after activation by the switch.................... Claims What is claimed is: 1. A lighting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cleaning attachment; a housing adapted to attach to the cleaning attachment; at least one lighting device adapted to be received by the housing; and an electric circuit adapted to be received by the housing, the electric circuit comprising a battery, a switch operably connected to the battery and the lighting device to regulate electric current between the battery and the lighting device, and a timing device adapted to deactivate the lighting device after a predetermined amount of time after activation by the switch. 2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lighting device comprises a light emitting diode (LED). 3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a light permeable cover. 4. The lighting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the light permeable cover comprises a lens adapted to direct a portion of the light emitted by the lighting device. 5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting device comprises a plurality of lighting devices. 6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of lighting devices is oriented at an angle with respect to another one of the lighting devices. 7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of bristles removably attached to the cleaning attachment. Title: Re: Hmmm Post by: Clive on February 23, 2008, 05:44:07 PM The light is on the attachment, not the main vacuum body, and it's powered off both automatically and on a delay relative to vacuum power-off.
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