ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,741, issued on April 22, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance" was invented by Aaron Yii How Teo (Swindon, Great Britain), Stefan Koch (Dorset, Great Britain), Robert Michael Cox (Warwick, Great Britain) and Stuart Lloyd Genn (Swindon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a housing, a front agitator and a rear agitator. A suction chamber is located between the front agitator and the rear agitator. A baffle is located within the suction chamber between the agitators. During use of the cleaner head,...