ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,229, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Locating features for a front panel of a domestic appliance door" was invented by Caleb Farrel (Jeffersonville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door assembly for a domestic appliance includes a support frame including at least one trim piece directed away from the receiving space along the transverse direction; a front glass panel selectively mounted to the support frame between the at least one trim piece and the receiving space, the front glass panel comprising a top edge; and a handle assembly attached to the at least one trim pi...