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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Todd R. Vantongeren, Ada, MI (US);
Justin Nguyen, Wyoming, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/026 (2013.01); A47L 2201/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A docking station for an autonomous floor cleaner performs maintenance on the autonomous floor cleaner, including removing a mopping implement from the autonomous floor cleaner and/or installing a mopping implement on the autonomous floor cleaner. The docking station can further perform other maintenance services on the autonomous floor cleaner. An autonomous floor cleaning system including an autonomous floor cleaner and a docking station is also disclosed. Methods for servicing or performing maintenance on an autonomous floor cleaner by a docking station are also disclosed.