ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,686, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Jason W. Pruiett (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface cleaning apparatus includes a controller coupled to a sensor or a set of sensors that collects and transmits data to a remote computing device. The surface cleaning apparatus can use wireless or networking technology with a protocol for wireless communication with the remote computing device. The remote computing device is configured to identify an event at the surface cleaning apparatus and/or a change in the cycle of operation of the s...