ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,808, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG (Weinheim, Germany).
"Slide release mechanism for cleaning device" was invented by Doug Metzel (Lombard, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device, including a cleaning head receiver, a cleaning head frame, a cleaning material attached to the cleaning head frame, and a slide release having a handle, an ejecting surface, and a top surface. The ejecting surface is angled relative to the top surface, and the slide release is arranged within the cleaning head receiver. The slide release is configured to move in a first direction in response to a force applied by a u...