ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,365, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Cleaning head for a surface treatment apparatus having one or more stabilizers and surface treatment apparatus having the same" was invented by Jason B. Thorne (Dover, Mass.), Kai Xu (Suzhou, China), Zongnan Cheng (Suzhou, China), Ian Liu (Suzhou, China), AiMing Xu (Suzhou, China), Wenxiu Gao (Suzhou, China), Andre D. Brown (Natick, Mass.), Samuel Emrys James (London), Jordan Ridgley (High Wycombe, Great Britain), Nicholas Sardar (London), Christopher P. Pinches (Surrey, Great Britain), David S. Clare (London) and Lee M. Cottrell (Edenbridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by th...