US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on June 16 for "Robotic cleaner debris removal integrated docking station" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,932, issued on June 16, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Robotic cleaner debris removal integrated docking station" was invented by Lloyd Olsen (Somerville, Mass.), Simon Hughes (Kingston Upon Thames, Great Britain), Spencer Walker-Fooks (London) and Pol Bernat Belenguer (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an approach to a docking station for a robotic cleaner, the docking station includes a base; a trash bin having a substantially air-impermeable trash bag removably disposed thereon; a dock dirty air inlet defined in the base, the dock dirty air inlet being configured to fluidly couple to the robot...