ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,138, issued on July 15, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Cleaning pad assembly for mobile robot" was invented by Brian Cleve Benson Jr. (Chelmsford, Mass.), Russell Walter Morin (Burlington, Mass.) and Robert Sasena (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning pad for a mobile cleaning robot can include a backing layer, a cleaning layer, and a card. The backing layer can be user-releasably securable to a pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot. The cleaning layer can be affixed to the backing layer and engageable with a floor surface. The card can be connected to at least one of the backing layer and the cleaning la...