US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Laundry appliance filter assembly retention latch" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,343, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry appliance filter assembly retention latch" was invented by Marla Boado Encinosa (Louisville, Ky.), David Scott Dunn (Louisville, Ky.), Wayne E. Lawson (La Grange, Ky.) and Dimitar Tcholakov (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines an interior volume. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly. The air filter assembly is positioned in the cabinet. The air filter assembly includes a latch. The latch is configured to releasably engage a housing of the laun...