ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,768, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Infused ice maker appliance" was invented by Vineeth Vijayan (Louisville, Ky.) and Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker appliance includes an additive receiver chamber. The additive receiver chamber includes a plurality of chamber walls and an enclosed internal volume defined therein. The ice maker appliance also includes an additive cup positioned within the additive receiver chamber. The additive cup is configured to receive a volume of liquid additive. A dispensing tube coupled to the additive c...