ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,745, issued on July 7, was assigned to SEB S.A. (Ecully, France).

"Vacuum cleaner nozzle provided with a v-shaped front scraping member" was invented by Christelle Philippe (Ecully, France), Jean Damien Vivier (Ecully, France) and Adrien Zanni (Ecully, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner nozzle includes a sole provided with a lower face and a suction channel emerging into the lower face; and a front scraping member located at the front of a front edge of the suction channel and delimiting at least in part a central passage opening which is fluidly connected to the suction channel. The front scraping member generally...