ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,368, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).
"Surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada) and Jason Boyd Thorne (Denver, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand vacuum cleaner and a mounting structure for the hand vacuum cleaner. The mounting structure has a base which is free standing on a floor and an upper portion comprising an air flow duct and a mounting apparatus provided at an upper end of the upper portion. The mounting apparatus has first and second laterally opposed first engagement members. The hand vacuum cleaner has first and second...