US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 30 for "Cleaner" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,234, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Sangchul Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Changhwa Sun (Seoul, South Korea), Seungyeop Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungmin Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner is disclosed. The cleaner includes a winding member. The winding member is rotated in the cleaner to wind up thereon long and thin trash that can be compressed, such as animal hair, fibers, etc., which is introduced in a dust accommodation container. An attachable/detachable frame is accommodated in the cleaner to be detachable. The winding member ha...