ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,361, issued on June 16, was assigned to JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Dust accumulation base and cleaning apparatus assembly having same" was invented by Chunbing Shi (Suzhou, China) and Xia Xu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust accumulation base and a cleaning apparatus assembly having same are disclosed. The dust accumulation base includes: a dust collection part, the dust collection part being internally provided with a dust collection chamber used for collecting dust in a cleaning apparatus, and the dust accumulation base being provided with...