ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,221, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Carnegie Robotics LLC (Pittsburgh).
"Floor cleaning and disinfecting robot" was invented by Daniel King Beaven (Pittsburgh), Coleman Scott Knabe (Pittsburgh), David Larose (Pittsburgh), Troy Edward Tancraitor (Pittsburgh) and David R. Wozny (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of a self-propelled floor cleaning unit and a floor disinfecting unit. The floor disinfecting unit may be detachably attached to the floor cleaning unit. The areas covered by the floor cleaning unit and floor disinfecting unit may be logged and reported."
The patent was filed on April 27, 2021, under Ap...