ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,476, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis).

"Telescoping wand assembly for vacuum cleaner and method including same" was invented by Christopher James Hemker (Bartelso, Ill.), Christopher Burch (St. Louis), Vikas Mahadev Jadhav (Pune, India) and Vikrant Ganpat Kurude (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wand assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a first wand, a second wand telescopically arranged with the first wand, and a rotatable locking cuff including first and second locking ramps. The first wand includes a first plurality of grooves arranged in a first row and a second plurality of groo...