US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Jan. 13 for "Caster locking arrangement and surface cleaning device implementing same" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,975, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Caster locking arrangement and surface cleaning device implementing same" was invented by Adam Udy (Sutton, Great Britain), Nikola Petrov (Needham, Mass.) and Daniel J. Innes (West Roxbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle for use with a surface cleaning device is disclosed that includes a nozzle housing defining a dirty air inlet, at least a first caster coupled to the nozzle housing to allow for movement of the nozzle housing over a surface to be cleaned, and a caster locking arrangement coupled to the nozzle housing. The caster locking...