ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,884, issued on March 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Vacuum cleaner nozzle" was invented by Jonne Steeman (Hemrik, Netherlands), Matthijs Hendrikus Lubbers (Lieveren, Netherlands) and Klaas Hilverda (Drachten, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner nozzle (N) has a steering hinge arrangement (H1, H2) between a body (B) of the vacuum cleaner nozzle (N) and a connector (C) that is connectable to a unit having a handle, wherein the steering hinge arrangement (H1, H2) comprises first (H1) and second (H2) steering hinges, the first steering hinge (H1) being operational until a ...