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(88) Date of publication A3: 09.04.2020 (43) Date of publication: 22.07.2020 Bulletin 2020/30 (21) Application number: 18848114.7 (22) Date of filing: 22.08.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47L 9/04(2006.01) A47L 7/02(2006.01) A47L 5/30(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2018/047525 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/040623 (28.02.2019 Gazette 2019/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 24.08.2017 US 201715685456 (71) Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC Needham, MA 02494 (US)

(72) Inventors: UDY, Adam Sutton Surrey SM25HB (GB) BROWN, Andre D. Natick Massachusetts 01760 (US) FREESE, John Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 (US) CLEARY, Patrick Allston Massachusetts 02134 (US) MEYER, Daniel Boston Massachusetts 02215 (US) INNES, Daniel J. West Roxbury Massachusetts 02459 (US) THORNE, Jason B. Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481 (US) HUTCHINSON, Peter Jiangsu 215128 (CN) HOWES, Gordon Suzhou Jiangsu (CN) GAO, Wenxiu Suzhou Jiangsu (CN) DER MARDEROSIAN, Daniel R. Westwood Massachusetts 02090 (US) FORD, Thomas D. Wellesley Massachusetts 02482 (US) JOHNSON, Owen R. Needham Massachusetts 02492 (US) (74) Representative: Barker Brettell LLP  100 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8QQ Birmingham B16 8QQ (GB)