ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,461, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Vacuum cleaner" was invented by Daniel J. Innes (Bedfordshire, Great Britain), Nikola Petrov (Boston) and Steven Gacin (Pawtucket, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner having a body and a cleaner dust cup coupled to the body and a docking station, the vacuum cleaner configured to dock with the docking station. The cleaner dust cup may include an open end that is configured to be selectively received within the body and a dust cup outlet that is configured to be selectively opened and closed, the dust cup out...