ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,229, issued on May 6, was assigned to TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).
"Air agitator nozzle system" was invented by Michael Saubert (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Salameh Alsweis (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing an air agitator nozzle system are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a vacuum and a nozzle. The vacuum is configured to suck particles from a floor surface. The nozzle is configured to spray air at the floor surface to loosen the particles and to push the loosened particles toward the vacuum to be sucked from the floor surface."
The ...