ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,289, issued on May 27, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Dehumidifier" was invented by Zhigang Xing (Foshan, China) and Weiming Li (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dehumidifier includes a machine body having a dehumidification function and a water tank including a receiving cavity that includes a support boss on an inner side wall of the receiving cavity. The dehumidifier has a working state, in which a bottom of the machine body is above an upper surface of the support boss and abuts against the support boss. The dehumidifier has an idle state, in which the bottom of the ma...