US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Aug. 19 for "Cleaning apparatus with combing unit for removing debris from cleaning roller" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,064, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Cleaning apparatus with combing unit for removing debris from cleaning roller" was invented by Jason B. Thorne (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), Yao Ming (Newton, Mass.), Daniel R. Der Marderosian (Westwood, Mass.), Daniel Meyer (Boston), Patrick Cleary (Allston, Mass.), Gordon Howes (Suzhou, China), David Wu (Newton, Mass.) and Nancy Gao Wenxiu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus includes a combing unit including a series of spaced protrusions or teeth extending into a cleaning roller for preventing build up and removing debris...