ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,072, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface cleaning apparatus has a suction motor actuator that is actuatable to actuate the suction motor to operate in a low mode of operation and to operate in a high mode of operation. A first power pack provides a first level of on board power that is available to power the surface cleaning apparatus. A second power pack provides a second level of on board power is available to power the surface cleaning apparatus, the second...