ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,848, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance" was invented by Thomas Oliver Dryden (Bristol, Great Britain), Michael Joseph Mathers (Bath, Great Britain) and Luke Patrick Stitson (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes an agitator assembly including a cylindrical body configured to rotate about its longitudinal axis; a main body defining an agitator chamber within which is supported the agitator assembly and a suction opening through which a portion of the agitator assembly...