US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Laundry machine including agitator and lid for softener fluid" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,340, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry machine including agitator and lid for softener fluid" was invented by Troy Marshall Wright (Louisville, Ky.) and Senthil Kandasamy (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry machine appliance is provided, including a cup including an upper lip and attachable to a base positioned at a shaft of an agitator at a wash basket. A cap is positioned atop the shaft of the agitator, the cap including an outer cylindrical wall and a trough wall extending radially inward from the outer cylindrical wall and sloped vertically downwa...