Abstract: An adaptor for converting an upright vacuum cleaner for use as an above-the-floor cleaner. The adaptor includes an open ended housing which is removably fitted over the front of the cleaner chassis and includes an air chamber communicating the cleaner nozzle opening with one extremity of a hose. The adaptor includes yieldable gripping members for engagement with the upper surface of the cleaner chassis. It also includes camming tabs and resilient fingers spaced apart across the outlet opening of the air chamber for entry into the cleaner nozzle to secure the adaptor laterally while the gripping members draw the adaptor tightly against the cleaner nozzle.

Abstract: An attachment is disclosed for converting a rotary type lawnmower to a vacuum cleaner for picking up debris, such as grass cuttings, from sidewalks, driveways, and the like. The attachment includes a baffle member for positioning across the opening in the bottom of the housing of the rotary cutter blade. The baffle member has an opening through which air is pulled by the rotating cutter blade to lift and entrain debris from a sidewalk, driveway, or the like, and carry it into the housing for discharge through the discharge port of the housing. Means are provided for releasably attaching the baffle member to the housing so that the baffle can be attached when it is desired for the mower to act as a vacuum cleaner and removed when the mower is to function in the normal manner.

Abstract: A kit for converting an upright vacuum cleaner for use as an above-the-floor cleaner. The kit includes a housing which is removably fitted over the front of the cleaner chassis and includes an air chamber communicating the cleaner nozzle opening with one extremity of a hose. The kit includes a plurality of tabs and bosses on the housing for storing the hose and a plurality of accessory nozzles which are selectively exchangeable on the other extremity of the hose.

Abstract: Conventional rotary lawn mowers have a rotating cutter blade traveling at high velocity. This invention relates to an attachment for forming an enclosed housing containing the conventional mower components to create a vacuum chamber with a single input port which may be coupled to a flexible conduit to suck up leaves and other debris within an extended area for collection in conventional bags.