ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,752, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada) and Jason Thorne (Dover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head and a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. The support structure comprises a lower portion having a lower longitudinal axis and an upper portion having an upper longitudinal axis, the lower portion having a lower end moveably coupled to the surface cleaning head and an upper end that ...