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<blockquote data-quote="bigbubbacain" data-source="post: 3621" data-attributes="member: 68">response to Bimmer740You wrote: &quot;I would love to hear more about this since I assumed that he came up with that design by himself. David Oreck certainly doesnt have a problem taking credit for another companies design.&quot;Basically, what Mr. Oreck did was purchase the expired patent licenses of other machines formerly under different brand names. His saving grace is that somewhere along the way, he made a few improvements and transformed the appearance of these machines so that they were new and different again. It does amuse me to look at his machines and see what they used to be in a different brand. For example:&nbsp;Big Foot upright- aka Premier 2 motor upright. (circa 1970&#039;s)Buster B - G.E. MV2Celoc Canister (orange)- similar components to Whirlpool canister (circa 1980&#039;s) but designed not to be too similar to Whirlpool or Kenmores of the time.Commercial canister (circa 1980&#039;s) - Whirlpool com. canister (circa 1960&#039;s)Iron Man - Douglas MVP (?) canisterDutch Tech - Philips canister (circa early 1980&#039;s) probably his oldest design which has been out of production since the mid 90&#039;s was the Big Foot power nozzle. This was modified from the very first power nozzle made for the Kenmore/Whirlpool canisters in the late 50&#039;s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bigbubbacain, post: 3621, member: 68"] [b]response to Bimmer740[/b] You wrote: "I would love to hear more about this since I assumed that he came up with that design by himself. David Oreck certainly doesnt have a problem taking credit for another companies design." Basically, what Mr. Oreck did was purchase the expired patent licenses of other machines formerly under different brand names. His saving grace is that somewhere along the way, he made a few improvements and transformed the appearance of these machines so that they were new and different again. It does amuse me to look at his machines and see what they used to be in a different brand. For example: Big Foot upright- aka Premier 2 motor upright. (circa 1970's) Buster B - G.E. MV2 Celoc Canister (orange)- similar components to Whirlpool canister (circa 1980's) but designed not to be too similar to Whirlpool or Kenmores of the time. Commercial canister (circa 1980's) - Whirlpool com. canister (circa 1960's) Iron Man - Douglas MVP (?) canister Dutch Tech - Philips canister (circa early 1980's) probably his oldest design which has been out of production since the mid 90's was the Big Foot power nozzle. This was modified from the very first power nozzle made for the Kenmore/Whirlpool canisters in the late 50's. [/QUOTE]

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