US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Jan. 28 for "Cleaner" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,781, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Sangkyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Inbo Shim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner includes a cleaner main body, and a suction unit connected to the cleaner main body to suck air containing dust, and provided with a brush assembly brought into contact with a floor, wherein the brush assembly includes a rotating rod rotatable in one direction, a brush portion protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the rotating rod to rotate together with the rotating rod, and a blade erected at the rear of t...