ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,531, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to XINGMAI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Pool robot" was invented by Shilei Zhang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a pool robot. The pool robot includes a housing, a filtering box, and a water baffle plate. The housing is provided with a first water outlet hole and an accommodation cavity. The filtering box is disposed in the accommodation cavity. A side wall of the accommodation cavity is provided with a second water outlet hole. The water baffle plate is connected to a side of the side wall of the accommodation cavity, and the si...