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US 1,102,692 · App. 29/787,209 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Vacuum cleaner

Inventors: Steven Gacin (Pawtucket, RI); Casey McClay (Medford, MA); Kevin Kelemen (Randolph, MA); Owen R. Johnson (Needham, MA); Street Barnett (Watertown, MA); Patrick Cleary (Allston, MA); Vignesh Chari (Henrietta, NY); Alex Moschella (Norton, MA)
Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,102,692
App. No.
29/787,209
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a vacuum cleaner, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064600/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: BARNETT, STREET; GACIN, STEVEN; MCCLAY, CASEY; KELEMEN, KEVIN; JOHNSON, OWEN R.; CLEARY, PATRICK; CHARI, VIGNESH; MOSCHELLA, ALEX
To: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Reel/Frame 057184/0483 →
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