ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,242, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Support device of cleaner and cleaner unit" was invented by Philjae Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Mantae Hwang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungbae Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support device of the cleaner includes a charging stand body provided with a charging port for charging the cleaner and a plurality of fixing parts disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the charging stand body and each having a fixing groove in which a fixing protrusion provided on the cleaner is accommodated."

The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2...