ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,161, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Clevertivity LLC (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).

"Liquid removal device with absorber drum and related methods" was invented by Justin Stewart (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid removal device is for removing a liquid from a surface. The liquid removal device includes a chassis comprising a handle and an absorber drum and an extractor drum both rotationally coupled with the chassis. The absorber drum includes a cylinder, where an absorbent layer is positioned on an outer drum surface of the absorber drum. The extractor drum includes a reservoir configured to retain the ...