ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,010, issued on July 14, was assigned to Better Cleaning Systems Inc. (Madera, Calif.).
"Floor cleaning device with exhaust filtration" was invented by William R. Hachtmann (Oakhurst, Calif.), Jeremy N. Wheeler (Fresno, Calif.) and Laura L. Wheeler (Fresno, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor cleaning device includes a floor cleaning member, such as a manual wand, having a cleaning solution emitter that emits cleaning solution onto a floor surface. A vacuum generator creates a vacuum so that debris and dirty cleaning solution is suctioned by the floor cleaning member. A filter assembly filters exhaust air of the vacuum gener...