Roderick Edward Kleiss
Engineers at Edgerton St, Saint Paul, MN

4766640, Aug 30, 1988

Dec 31, 1986

7/000568

Dean C. Martin - Golden Valley MN
Roderick E. Kleiss - Little Canada MN
James A. Hardy - Boyle County KY

Whirlpool Corporation - Benton Harbor MI

A47L 900

15340

A self-propelled, upright suction or vacuum cleaner includes a base unit and a handle assembly pivotally extending therefrom that can be pivoted from an upright position to a comfortable operating position. The handle assembly includes a handle grip at one end and a drive system housing at its other end containing a drive system including a cleaner motor for propelling the cleaner. The drive system includes a transmission for transferring power from the cleaner motor to a pair of drive wheels fixedly secured to a drive axle. The transmission is remotely disposed from the drive axle and is connected thereto by a drive belt. The transmission includes an actuator that is controlled by a cable extending from the handle grip. As long as the handle grip maintains the actuator in a neutral position, the drive wheels are not rotated. If the handle grip is pushed or pulled by an operator, the actuator is pivoted by the cable and the transmission causes the drive wheels to propel the cleaner in a forward direction or a reverse direction, respectively.

6579023, Jun 17, 2003

May 25, 2001

09/865823

Jeffery Scott Kunkler - Simi Valley CA
Christopher Todd Boyer - Oak Park IL
Kevin James Zwart - Chicago IL
Arnold George Benecke - Indian Springs OH
Roderick Edward Kleiss - Shoreview MN
Kevin Michael Campbell - Chicago IL
Paul Michael Lesley - Chicago IL

The Procter Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

A47L 108

401138, 401140, 401139

A cleaning implement includes a liquid delivery system for providing a cleaning liquid to a surface to be cleaned having a canister for storing a liquid, an electrical motor driving a pump, and a voltage source for engerizing the electric motor. A support head is pivotally attached to the handle for releasably receiving a cleaning sheet. The handle includes a switch and is formed from a plurality of handle sections. Each handle section has at least one electrical connector which is electrically connected with an electrical connector of an adjacent handle section so that the switch can activate the electrical motor. The support head can be configured to allow visual inspection of the cleaning sheet through the support head during use. The canister is provided with plurality of side walls and vent valve having a cracking pressure of at least about 0. 6 Kpa, wherein the canister is substantially in the form of a parallelogram in a plan view cross section and wherein one or more of the side walls has a plurality of grooves.

6722806, Apr 20, 2004

May 8, 2003

10/431936

Jeffery Scott Kunkler - Simi Valley CA
Christopher Todd Boyer - Oak Park IL
Kevin James Zwart - Chicago IL
Arnold George Benecke - Indian Springs OH
Roderick Edward Kleiss - Shoreview MN
Kevin Michael Campbell - Chicago IL
Paul Michael Lesley - Chicago IL

The Procter Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

A47L 108

401138, 401140

A cleaning implement is provided. The cleaning implement includes a liquid delivery system for providing a cleaning liquid to a surface to be cleaned having a canister for storing a liquid, an electrical motor driving a pump, and a voltage source for engerizing the electric motor. A support head is pivotally attached to the handle for releasably receiving a cleaning sheet. The handle includes a switch and is formed from a plurality of handle sections. Each handle section has at least one electrical connector which is electrically connected with an electrical connector of an adjacent handle section so that the switch can activate the electrical motor. The support head can be configured to allow visual inspection of the cleaning sheet through the support head during use. The canister is provided with plurality of side walls and vent valve having a cracking pressure of at least about 0. 6 Kpa, wherein the canister is substantially in the form of a parallelogram in a plan view cross section and wherein one or more of the side walls has a plurality of grooves.