ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,174, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Mixing bowl positioning improvement for a stand mixer appliance" was invented by Danister Abeygunawardana (Jeffersonville, Ind.), Tomas Garces (Louisville, Ky.), Eric Matthew Lewis (Louisville, Ky.), Matthew R. Hunter (Louisville, Ky.) and Mason Hawkins (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand mixer is provided. The stand mixer may include a support frame, a bowl arm assembly, and a damper assembly. The bowl arm assembly may be mounted to the support frame and may be moveable a raised position and a lowered position. The damper...