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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Bissell Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventor:
Todd R. Vantongeren, Ada, MI (US);
Assignee:
BISSELL Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/292 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/4047 (2013.01); A47L 11/292 (2013.01); A47L 11/4083 (2013.01); A47L 11/4088 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaner employing an agitation cartridge to clean a side surface beyond a reach of other onboard cleaning implements. The cleaner may be an autonomous floor cleaner having a body, a cleaning implement onboard the body operable for cleaning a floor surface, a motorized drive system operable for autonomously moving the body over the floor surface, and a scrubbing belt operable for cleaning the side surface.