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A vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a filter bag cavity. A suction generator and a bag mount are both carried on the housing. Additionally, the vacuum cleaner includes a bag caddy that is displaceable between an operating position connected to the bag mount and a bag disposal position discon

A vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a filter bag cavity. A suction generator and a bag mount are both carried on the housing. Additionally, the vacuum cleaner includes a bag caddy that is displaceable between an operating position connected to the bag mount and a bag disposal position disconnected from the bag mount.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a housing; a suction generator carried by said housing; a bag mount carried by said housing; and a bag caddy displaceable between an operating position connected to said bag mount and a bag disposal position disconnected from said bag mount

The invention claimed is: 1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a housing; a suction generator carried by said housing; a bag mount carried by said housing; and a bag caddy displaceable between an operating position connected to said bag mount and a bag disposal position disconnected from said bag mount, said bag caddy including a first body and a bag retainer having a securing pin. 2. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1 wherein said bag mount is pivotally connected to said housing. 3. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said bag mount includes a second body having a bag inlet. 4. The vacuum cleaner of claim 3, further including a first seal on said second body around said bag inlet. 5. The vacuum cleaner of claim 4, further including a reinforcing collar on said second body around at least a portion of said first seal. 6. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said bag mount includes a bag receiver. 7. The vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein said bag receiver includes a pair of opposed bag collar receiving channels. 8. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said bag caddy includes a handle. 9. The vacuum cleaner of claim 8, wherein said bag caddy includes a bag ejector. 10. The vacuum cleaner of claim 9, wherein said bag caddy includes a connector for securing said bag caddy on said bag mount. 11. The vacuum cleaner of claim 10, wherein said bag caddy includes a bag inlet. 12. The vacuum cleaner of claim 11, further including a first seal on a first face of said bag caddy around said inlet and a second seal on a second face of said bag caddy around said inlet. 13. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said securing pin is displaceable between a bag retaining position and a bag releasing position. 14. The vacuum cleaner of claim 13, wherein said securing pin is held in a latch housing and a spring in said latch housing biases said pin into said releasing position. 15. The vacuum cleaner of claim 14, wherein said bag caddy includes a bag ejector. 16. The vacuum cleaner of claim 15, wherein said bag ejector slides relative to said first body between a bag latching position and a bag ejecting position. 17. The vacuum cleaner of claim 16, wherein said bag ejector includes at least one control tab, said control tab engaging said securing pin and displacing said securing pin into said bag retaining position against biasing of said spring when said bag ejector is in said bag latching position. 18. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said bag caddy includes a bag ejector. 19. The vacuum cleaner of claim 18, wherein said bag ejector slides relative to said first body between a bag latching position and a bag ejecting position. 20. The vacuum cleaner of claim 19, wherein said first body includes a pair of guide slots and said bag ejector includes a pair of followers, one of said pair of followers being received in one of said pair of guide slots. 21. The vacuum cleaner of claim 20, wherein said bag ejector includes an actuator that extends between said pair of followers. 22. The vacuum cleaner of claim 21, wherein each one of said pair of followers includes a lug. 23. The vacuum cleaner of claim 22, further including a filter bag with a bag collar. 24. The vacuum cleaner of claim 23, wherein said first body includes a bag receiver. 25. The vacuum cleaner of claim 24, wherein said bag receiver includes a pair of opposed bag collar receiving channels. 26. The vacuum cleaner of claim 25, wherein each of said lugs engages said collar so that as said bag ejector is displaced from said bag latching position to said bag ejecting position, said bag is stripped from said bag caddy. 27. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein said bag caddy is optional and said bag may be attached directly to said bag mount. 28. A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a housing; a suction generator carried on said housing; and a bag mount carried on said housing including both a bag receiver and a bag caddy receiver whereby said bag mount may receive and hold a filter bag alone or a filter bag carried on a bag caddy. 29. The vacuum cleaner of claim 28, further including (a) an optional bag caddy displaceable between a first position connected to said bag caddy receiver and a second position disconnected from said bag caddy receiver and (b) a filter bag, said filter bag being directly connectable to either said bag receiver on said bag mount or said bag caddy. 30. The vacuum cleaner of claim 29, wherein said bag receiver includes a pair of opposed channels. 31. The vacuum cleaner of claim 29, wherein said bag caddy receiver includes opposed margins of said bag mount. 32. A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a housing; a suction generator carried by said housing; a bag mount carried by said housing; and a bag caddy displaceable between an operating position connected to said bag mount and a bag disposal position disconnected from said bag mount, said bag caddy including a sliding bag ejector displaceable between a bag latching position and a bag ejecting position.