US Patent Issued to BISSELL on Oct. 28 for "Self-cleaning system and method for extraction cleaners" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,449, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Self-cleaning system and method for extraction cleaners" was invented by Alan J. Krebs (Pierson, Mich.), Kenneth M. Lenkiewicz (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Scott Miller Vogel (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Aaron P. Griffith (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Eric Daniel Buehler (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Jeffrey A. Scholten (Ada, Mich.) and Jake Boles (Kentwood, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for self-cleaning an extraction cleaner are provided. The extraction cleaner includes a suction nozzle defining a suction pathway, a fluid distributor configured to dispens...