ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,048, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Wiltshire, Great Britain).
"Floor cleaner dock" was invented by Oliver Dodgson (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock for receiving a floor cleaner with a cleaning head, the dock including a receiving unit for receiving the cleaning head of the floor cleaner, and a hair removal unit for removing hair from a cleaning head received by the receiving unit. The hair removal unit may take a number of forms, for example a cutter and/or hook, a toothed comb, or a tapered roller. The removal of hair from the cleaning head of the floor cleaner may improve or ...