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A hose and tool caddy removably mounts to an upright vacuum cleaner. The hose and tool caddy stores the vacuum cleaner hose and accessory tools, such as a dusting brush, furniture nozzle, extension wand and crevice tool, which are used for above-the-floor cleaning. When the upright vacuum cleaner is

A hose and tool caddy removably mounts to an upright vacuum cleaner. The hose and tool caddy stores the vacuum cleaner hose and accessory tools, such as a dusting brush, furniture nozzle, extension wand and crevice tool, which are used for above-the-floor cleaning. When the upright vacuum cleaner is being used for floor care, the hose and tool caddy may be removed from the upright vacuum cleaner and hung-up. The hose and tool caddy includes a base and a guide member. The base is formed with a looped channel for receiving the hose, a pair of resilient C-clamps for supporting the dusting brush and furniture nozzle and a vertically extending channel for receiving the extension wand with the crevice tool stored therein. The upright vacuum cleaner includes a track member for slidably receiving the guide member when the hose and tool caddy is being mounted to the upright vacuum cleaner. The base includes an upwardly extending hook for grasping the hose and tool caddy when the hose and tool caddy is being mounted on or removed from the upright vacuum cleaner. The hook is used to hang the hose and tool caddy on a closet bar, door handle or the like.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. In combination, an upright vacuum cleaner and an accessory caddy removably mounted to the upright vacuum cleaner for receiving vacuum cleaner accessories, said upright vacuum cleaner having a bag housing and an upper handle portion, said bag housing being formed with a

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. In combination, an upright vacuum cleaner and an accessory caddy removably mounted to the upright vacuum cleaner for receiving vacuum cleaner accessories, said upright vacuum cleaner having a bag housing and an upper handle portion, said bag housing being formed with a vertically extending side wall and a top wall, said accessory caddy including:a base;a connector for removably mounting said base on the side wall of the bag housing;an accessory retainer formed on the base for storing the vacuum cleaner accessories; andwhereby the accessory caddy and the vacuum cleaner accessories stored thereon may be slidably removed from the upright vacuum cleaner by merely applying a force to said base.