ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,068, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).
"Surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. Batteries are provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner and under the handle. An enclosed finger grip area is positioned forward of the hand grip portion of the handle and rearward of cyclone unit wherein a line extending in a common direction as the cyclone axis of rotation extends through the cyclone unit, the finger grip area and the hand grip porti...