ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,997, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VERSUNI HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Nozzle arrangement configured to face a surface to be cleaned" was invented by Matthijs Hendrikus Lubbers (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jonne Steeman (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Renee Luijkx (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Rogier De Vrind (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle arrangement faces a surface to be cleaned includes a first suction body and a second suction body located at a distance relative to each other. The nozzle arrangement further includes a level setting mechanism that puts the first suction body and the second s...