ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,001, issued on July 14, 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 hand vacuum cleaner has an airflow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and an air treatment member provided in the airflow path. The air treatment member has a front end, a rear end, and a centrally positioned longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends. The hand vacuum cleaner further has a pistol grip handle and a motor and fan assembly. The motor and fan assembly has a volume and a motor axis of...