The Dust Drain

A few years ago when my sister's house was being built, she had the builders install a central vacuum unit, with a motor in the basement and hose attachments all over the house. Nothing special about those nowadays - they've been going into new construction for over 20 years now. But she also had them install a little pan on an inlet in the vac system in the kitchen that she could kick open and sweep dirt into. Nifty add-on to an existing system, and it caught my attention. I likened it to the filter in a pool, that catches all the debris as it circulates.

Only that's not what it does. But wouldn't it be a good idea if it did?

Here's the idea:
The Dust Drain is an inlet installed at the baseboard of a room. When the vac is turned on, this inlet works like all the others where the hose attaches, and draws air in. But like a swimming pool or whirlpool, the room also has air jets located along the baseboard which circulate the air in the same direction around the room. The jets push the air around in a circular motion; the inlet sucks all the circulating dust down into the vacuum bag. Flip a switch in the room and let it run for a few minutes and just like that you've purged the room of dust bunnies lurking under and behind furniture, and a lot of that other gross stuff in the air that we commonly call dust so we don't have to face the reality of what we're really breathing in all the time.

My idea is perfect for pet owners and would work best on hardwood floors. But I don't see why it couldn't be modified to more directly attack airborne dust. Instead of an inlet and jet system just along the kickplate, why not install another inlet and some fans near the ceiling (in discreet locations), and so circulate all the air in the room so all the toxins get sucked down the Dust Drain?

There's real first-mover advantage on this one - even the domain DustDrain.com is available. From me, anyway - I just bought it. Make me an offer on the domain and keep the business idea as a free gift with purchase.