US Patent Issued to KICTeam on Dec. 16 for "Cleaning card with deformable cleaning elements for media transport device" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,621, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KICTeam Inc. (Auburn, Maine).

"Cleaning card with deformable cleaning elements for media transport device" was invented by John Condon (Sumner, Maine) and Geoffrey Scott Caron (Sabattus, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cleaning cards and methods of using cleaning cards to clean interior components of a media transport device are disclosed. The cleaning card comprises a substrate having a cleaning layer material and a deformable cleaning element. The deformable cleaning element comprises a border that surrounds an opening. The opening is substantially filled with bristles, each of which com...