US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on May 12 for "Agitator for a surface treatment apparatus and a surface treatment apparatus having the same" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,553, issued on May 12, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Agitator for a surface treatment apparatus and a surface treatment apparatus having the same" was invented by Devan Schappler (Bedford, N.H.), Max P. Lacoma (Huntington, N.Y.), Xavier F. Cullere (Newton, Mass.), Daniel R. Der Marderosian (Westwood, Mass.), Charles S. Brunner (Stockton, N.J.) and Jeffery Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agitator for a vacuum cleaner includes an agitator body and a resiliently deformable flap. The resiliently deformable flap includes a front face, a rear face, and one or more protrusions extending ...