ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,731, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Nozzle for cleaner" was invented by Jungwan Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Moohyun Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Jinhyouk Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Ingyu Yang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle for a cleaner has a nozzle main body including an intake channel to suction air. The nozzle includes first and second rotary cleaning units spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction under the nozzle main body. Each of the first and second rotary cleaning units includes a rotary plate coupled to a dust cloth. The nozzle further includ...