ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,469, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Cleaning apparatus" was invented by Richard Christopher Hagee (Cincinnati), Nicola John Policicchio (Mason, Ohio), Victoria Jung (Cincinnati), William Michael Cannon (West Harrison, Ind.) and John Charles Van Rens (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus is described. The cleaning apparatus includes a support member and a cleaning head. The support member includes a first portion having a length, a first end, an opposing second end and a handle disposed at the first end; a second portion having a first transition at the second end of ...