ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,026, issued on April 14.

"Magnetic cleaning device" was invented by Hsuan-Sen Shiao (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic cleaning device includes a handle unit, a main unit, and a deforming mechanism. The main unit includes a housing and a magnetic member. The deforming mechanism is connected between the handle unit and the main unit. The housing defines an accommodating space extending along an axis. The magnetic member is disposed in the accommodating space, and is movable along the axis between an attraction position, where the magnetic member is adjacent to an end of the housing, and a non-attraction ...