ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,264, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MOERMAN NV (Meulebeke, Belgium).
"Shaft for a cleaning tool and a cleaning tool provided with such a shaft" was invented by Jordi Demey (Wielsbeke, Belgium) and Guy Vande Vyvere (Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a telescopic shaft for a cleaning tool, including a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion which are slidably connected to each other, and a spraying device for distributing a liquid cleaning agent. The second shaft portion may have a cross section with a non-circular outer shape, and the spraying device can be removably fastened to th...