MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321058252 A) filed by Uo Designs, Maharashtra, on Aug. 30, 2023, for 'an ergonomically designed cleaning apparatus.'

Inventor(s) include Sulekha Umesh Omashe; Umesh O Omashe; and Mohanish Suresh Puralkar.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure discloses an ergonomical enhancement of the existing cleaning apparatus i.e. broom. The said enhancement further comprises of introduction of the counterweight on a handle of the broom in order to shift the center of gravity towards the handle end i.e. an area where a gri...