ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,669, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Pooling mitigation for autonomous wet cleaning robot" was invented by Andrew J. Brouwers (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for adjusting behavior of an autonomous wet surface cleaner to avoid, reduce, or remedy situations where too much cleaning fluid is left on the surface. During certain autonomous floor cleaner events excess cleaning fluid can pool beneath the cleaner. For example, a cleaning fluid pool can form as the cleaner slows or stops approaching an obstacle, becomes stuck in a location, or executes certain nav...