US Patent Issued to Techtronic Floor Care Technology on Sept. 22 for "Cleaner head for a cleaning appliance" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,677, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Techtronic Floor Care Technology Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Cleaner head for a cleaning appliance" was invented by Tobias Hale (Gretton, Great Britain), Peter Davies (London) and Samuel Bennett (Downend Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance including an agitator rotatable about an axis; a housing having a front side, a rear side, and first and second sides which extend between the front and rear sides, said housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the agitator, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a...