ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,451, issued on June 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dryer appliance and compartment for non-tumbling items" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.), Venkata Chakradhar Rangu (Louisville, Ky.), Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy (Hyderabad, India) and Jason Meurer (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary dryer appliances are provided herein including a cabinet having an upper portion and a lower portion. A drum is rotatably mounted in the upper portion of the cabinet. A slideable first drawer housing a filter is mounted in the lower portion of the cabinet...