ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,679, issued on June 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for racks in dishwashing appliances" was invented by Justin Daniel Ryan (Louisville, Ky.), Steven Chadwick Koepke (LaGrange, Ky.) and Nathaniel Lee Min Sheeran (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber. A first rack assembly is slidably positioned within the wash chamber. A first spray assembly is positioned in the wash chamber and configured to direct wash fluids at the first rack assembly. A second rack assembly is slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the...