Jeffrey T Roney, 5735 Long Valley Rd, Stanford, KY 40484

6766559, Jul 27, 2004

Mar 5, 2002

10/091292

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY
James T. Crouch - Danville KY

Matsushita Electric Corporation of America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 900

15410, 15363, 15DIG 10, 16429

An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly. A suction generator is carried on one of the nozzle assembly or the canister assembly. The upright vacuum cleaner also includes a telescoping handle assembly including an elongated handle received in a slot for sliding movement relative to the canister assembly, a projecting guide pin carried on the elongated handle, a cooperating guide channel in the canister assembly for receiving the guide pin and a latch carried on the canister assembly for selectively engaging any one of the longitudinally spaced apertures formed in the elongated handle.

6807708, Oct 26, 2004

Mar 14, 2002

10/097995

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY
Danielle M. Hafling - Lancaster KY

Matsushita Electric Corporation of America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 910

15351, 15339, 15352, 15384

An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly having a nozzle cavity and a canister assembly pivotally connected to the nozzle assembly. A dust bag is carried by the canister assembly. A dirty air pathway provides fluid communication between the nozzle cavity and dust bag. A suction generator generates a vacuum for drawing dirt and debris from the nozzle cavity, through the dirty air pathway to the dust bag. The dirty air pathway includes dual suction ports carried on the nozzle assembly in fluid communication with the nozzle cavity, a splitter carried on the canister assembly, dual suction hoses in fluid communication between the dual suction ports and the splitter, a removable bag mount carried on the canister assembly and a feed conduit on the canister assembly which provides fluid communication between the splitter and the removable bag mount.

6832408, Dec 21, 2004

Mar 25, 2002

10/106920

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY
Eric E. Muhlenkamp - Danville KY

Matsushita Electric Corporation of America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 900

15323, 220735, 206373

A two-piece caddy and vacuum cleaner accessory assembly is provided. The caddy includes first and second body sections that are connected together without the use of a separate independent fastener. The first body section includes first, second and third accessory receptacles. The second body section includes first, second and third accessory engaging clips. The receptacles and clips function to hold various vacuum cleaner tools and accessories such as an extension hose, a wand, a crevice cleaning tool and a nozzle brush.

6859970, Mar 1, 2005

Jul 18, 2002

10/198557

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY, US
Eric E. Muhlenkamp - Danville KY, US

Matsushita Electric Corporation of America - Secaucus NJ

A47L005/26
A47L005/30

151412, 15383, 15179, 15391, 15392

An agitator includes an axle, a pulley having a hub mounted to the axle and a belt receiving face having at least one lengthwise channel and a sleeve of molded material received over the axle and in the at least one lengthwise channel. A method of constructing an agitator from an axle and pulley includes the fitting of the axle into the pulley, the injecting of plastic resin into one end of the agitator forming mold on a first side of the pulley and the directing of plastic through at least one channel in the pulley to a second side of the pulley.

6915544, Jul 12, 2005

Mar 19, 2002

10/467403

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY, US
Ron E. Davis - Danville KY, US

Panasonic Corporation of North America - Secaucus NJ

A47L009/04

15384, 15389, 15390, 15391

An upright vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a nozzle opening in the housing and a dust collector carried on the housing. A suction fan is also carried on the housing. The suction fan draws air, dirt and debris from a surface to be cleaned through the nozzle opening to the dust collector. The upright vacuum cleaner also includes a first rotary agitator and a second rotary agitator, both carried on the housing. A drive motor carried on the housing drives the first rotary agitator through the belt and pulley assembly. A gear drive assembly drivingly connects the first rotary agitator to the second rotary agitator.

7007336, Mar 7, 2006

Nov 17, 2003

10/715036

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY, US
Eric E. Muhlenkamp - Danville KY, US

Panasonic Corporation of North America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 9/04

15179, 151412, 15383, 15389, 492 47

An agitator includes a high strength, continuous metal axle, a pulley held on one end of the metal axle and a sleeve of lightweight plastic material received over the axle. The agitator is manufactured by molding a pulley body onto an underlying metal support or D-nut, fitting an axle into the pulley, molding a sleeve around the axle and securing a cleaning structure on the sleeve.

7120964, Oct 17, 2006

Apr 10, 2002

10/472833

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY, US

Panasonic Corporation of North America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 9/04

15391, 15390

A bare floor switch assembly for a power head or an upright vacuum cleaner includes a mounting bracket, an idler and idler arm pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket, a biaser for biasing the idler and idler arm to an agitator drive interrupting position and a switch body for engaging and locking the idler arm into an agitator driving position.

7165286, Jan 23, 2007

Apr 10, 2002

10/433851

Jeffrey T. Roney - Stanford KY, US
Eric E. Muhlenkamp - Danville KY, US

Panasonic Corporation of North America - Secaucus NJ

A47L 9/04

15179, 151412, 15383, 15389, 492 47

An agitator includes a high strength, continuous metal axle, a pulley held on one end of the metal axle and a sleeve of lightweight plastic material received over the axle. The agitator is manufactured by molding a pulley body onto an underlying metal support or D-nut, fitting an axle into the pulley, molding a sleeve around the axle and securing a cleaning structure on the sleeve.