ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,854, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Sweep assembly for a refrigerator icemaker" was invented by Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice making assembly includes a resilient mold defining a mold cavity for forming one or more ice cubes, a mold frame being rotatable between a first position and a second position, a lifter mechanism positioned adjacent to the resilient mold and rotatable with the mold frame between the first position and the second position, the lifter mechanism configured to deform the resilient mold as the mold frame rotates b...