ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,039, issued on May 13, 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 dirt collection region of the vacuum cleaner is removably positionable in air flow communication with an inlet port of an apparatus in which the openable door of the dirt collection region of the vacuum cleaner is positioned interior the apparatus. The apparatus has an air treatment member. When the apparatus is standing on the floor, the apparatus has an upper end which has the inlet port. When the...