ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 21 -- Emerson Electric, St. Louis, has been assigned a patent (9,545,182) developed by Robert Hollis, St. Peters, Missouri, for a "swivel assembly for connecting a wand to a vacuum accessory and associated accessory tool for use on hard surfaces."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2015 (14/833,326). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum . . .