A small lightweight hand portable [[vacuum cleaner]] that is normlaly battery powered.  The first commercial ones were sold in the 70's by Black & Decker, after having developed the concept for NASA's Apollo Program.  Black & Decker sold this style of vacuum under the trademark [i]DustBuster[/i], which due to popularity became a generalized trademark in some countries to refer to handheld vacuums as a whole.

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Vacuum cleaner - Hand-held":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner#Hand-held]
* "Wikipedia: Black & Decker DustBuster":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_Decker_DustBuster]
handheld vacuum cleaner