ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,987, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).
"Dust and allergen control for surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a vacuum cleaner and an apparatus for receiving dirt from a dirt collection region of the vacuum cleaner. The apparatus has an air flow passage from an inlet port to a clean air outlet, wherein the dirt collection region of the vacuum cleaner is positionable in air flow communication with the inlet port. In an emptying mode of operation, a motor and fan assembly of the system prod...