ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,855, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner nozzle with brush and removal member" was invented by Changhwa Sun (Seoul, South Korea), Seungyeop Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sangchul Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungmin Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cleaner. A cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a brush; and a removal member that is positioned adjacent to the brush. The brush is rotated to collect garbage, such as hair, located on a floor surface. The collected garbage, such as hair, may be pushed by the removal member ...