US Patent Issued to INDUSTRIE ILPEA on March 25 for "Gasket for washing machines and washing machine including this gasket" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,697, issued on March 25, was assigned to INDUSTRIE ILPEA S.P.A. (Malgesso, Italy).

"Gasket for washing machines and washing machine including this gasket" was invented by Sandro Mazzaro (San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy) and Paolo Cittadini (Luvinate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gasket (1) for washing machines (9), which comprises at least one annular body (2) of deformable material and is provided with at least one first perimetric lip (3), wherein the gasket (1) comprises at least one perimetric canal (6) which extends at least partially along the annular body (2) and is adapted to house at least partially an elongated sens...