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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 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 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/0494 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/4058 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); A47L 11/4072 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous surface cleaner for cleaning a floor or other surface. The cleaner may include a body, a cleaning implement for cleaning a surface, a motorized drive system, a pair of wheels operable with the motorized drive system to assist moving the body relative to the surface, one or more actuators operable for controllably adjusting a height of the body, and/or a balancing system operable to self-balance the body.