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A wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner with detachable blower is disclosed. The detachable blower, when mounted in sealed relationship to a lid positioned above a utility vacuum cleaner drum, operates as a wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner. When separated from the utility vacuum cleaner drum, the detachable

A wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner with detachable blower is disclosed. The detachable blower, when mounted in sealed relationship to a lid positioned above a utility vacuum cleaner drum, operates as a wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner. When separated from the utility vacuum cleaner drum, the detachable blower can be used for non-vacuuming applications. The utility vacuum drum lid includes two resilient and deformable latches: a releasable blower latch and a releasable lid latch. The releasable blower latch detachably mounts the detachable blower to the lid while the releasable lid latch detachably mounts the lid relative to the utility vacuum cleaner drum. The releasable blower latch has at least one reinforcing fin for engaging a complementary slot in the lid. The releasable lid latch has at least one slot for receiving a complementary reinforcing fin on the lid. The seating of the reinforcing fins in the respective slots, when the respective latches are in an engaged position, prevents the deformation of the respective latches and unwanted disattachment from the vacuum cleaner.

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A wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner including: a vacuum cleaner drum having a bottom wall, a sidewall and an enlarged rim surrounding an open upper end; a lid detachably mounted to the enlarged rim and extending across the open upper end of the vacuum cleaner drum; a motor powered blower detachably mou

A wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner including: a vacuum cleaner drum having a bottom wall, a sidewall and an enlarged rim surrounding an open upper end; a lid detachably mounted to the enlarged rim and extending across the open upper end of the vacuum cleaner drum; a motor powered blower detachably mounted to said lid; said lid including a releasable blower latch for releasably securing the blower to the lid and a releasable lid latch for releasably securing the lid to the drum; said releasable blower latch and said releasable lid latch both being laterally deformable to facilitate engagement within complementary blower and lid latch supporting structure provided in said lid; said releasable blower latch and said releasable lid latch when mounted in said complementary blower and lid latch supporting structure capable of being moved into a disengaged or engaged position relative to said blower and lid; and structural reinforcing means provided on each one of said releasable blower latch and releasable lid latch or said lid to restrict lateral deformation of said releasable blower latch and releasable lid latch when in engaged position relative to said blower and lid.