ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,534, issued on May 13.
"Coupling apparatus for cleaning apparatuses" was invented by Ronald B Collins Jr. (Castle Rock, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling apparatus for joining two cleaning mops together for quickly cleaning a given floor area. The cleaning apparatus has two assemblies mounted to two cleaning mops respectively, and an elongated bar connects to the two assembles. Each assembly has a top plate and a bottom plate secured to the cleaning mop using a pair of fasteners. Each assembly has a pot magnet secured to one of the two fasteners."
The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/585,376....