ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,408, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner" was invented by Steven John Forbes (Swindon, Great Britain) and Andrew Paul Fussell (Newport, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brush bar including a central core in the form of a rigid tube, a plurality of outwardly extending bristles in the form of at least one bristle strip, and a sealing material extending over substantially the entire remaining circumferential and axial extent of the brush bar, the at least one bristle strip having a root portion which is sandwiched between the sealing mater...