US Patent Issued to BISSELL on May 12 for "Autonomous floor cleaner with scrubbing belt" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,562, issued on May 12, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Autonomous floor cleaner with scrubbing belt" was invented by Todd R. VanTongeren (Ada, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner employing an agitation cartridge to clean a side surface beyond a reach of other onboard cleaning implements. The cleaner may be an autonomous floor cleaner having a body, a cleaning implement onboard the body operable for cleaning a floor surface, a motorized drive system operable for autonomously moving the body over the floor surface, and a scrubbing belt operable for cleaning the side surface."

The patent was filed on Aug....