ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,021, issued on Nov. 11.
"System, apparatus, and method for cleaning" was invented by James R. Newell (Allendale, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed. The method includes providing a cleaning member formed from a consumable cleaning material and including a cavity formed by one or more interior walls of the cleaning member, inserting a cleaning member remnant through an aperture of the cavity formed at a first end surface of a first end portion of the cleaning member, providing and holding a fluid in the cavity holding the cleaning member remnant when the first end surface is facing upward, and attaching the clea...