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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy R. Ohm, Grover Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/0673 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 2201/028 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile cleaning robot an include a body, a drive wheel, a wheel stop, and an actuator system. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body. The actuator system can be operable to move the wheel stop to engage the drive wheel to extend the drive wheel from the body.