ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,192, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag (Stockholm).

"Laundry treating appliance having a vapor and/or mist and/or aerosol generator" was invented by Giuseppe Vita (Porcia, Italy), Paola Rovella (Porcia, Italy), Giuseppe Rossi (Porcia, Italy), Nicola Reid (Porcia, Italy), Emilio Santoro (Porcia, Italy) and Elisabetta Bari (Porcia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry washing machine comprising: a cabinet, a washing tub housed inside the cabinet, a tubular mantle rotatably housed inside the cabinet, an electric additive treating device mounted in/on the tubular mantle and configured for treat...