US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 1 for "Autofill pitcher with alternate dispensing feature" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,521, issued on July 1, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Autofill pitcher with alternate dispensing feature" was invented by Lokesha Kodigenahalli Chinnappa Reddy (Louisville, Ky.), Jason Andrew May (Anchorage, Ky.) and Jarvis Ward (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pitcher with an alternate dispensing feature for use in an autofill pitcher system in a chamber of a refrigerator appliance is provided. The pitcher defines a height direction, a width direction, and a depth direction. The pitcher comprises a pitcher wall connected to a pitcher bottom defining a pitcher volume. The pitche...