ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,970, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Door assembly for a combination laundry appliance" was invented by David Scott Dunn (Louisville, Ky.) and Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a front opening, a tub positioned within the cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket defining a chamber for receipt of articles for washing and drying, a conditioning system configured to heat and remove moisture from air flowing therethrough, the conditioning system comprising a comp...