US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on July 8 for "Dustpan accessory tool for vacuum cleaner" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,857, issued on July 8, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Dustpan accessory tool for vacuum cleaner" was invented by Stephen A. Hughett (Anderson, S.C.) and Tyler H. Knight (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner, movable over a surface, includes a suction source, a suction port, and a dustpan attachment removably coupled to the suction port. The dustpan attachment includes a housing, a vacuum port, and a recess defined within the housing. The housing includes a top wall and a plurality of walls extending from the top wall to a bottom edge configured to contact the surface. The vacuum p...