ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,069, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Kyoungmin Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jihong Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwanwoong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an outlet, a drawer drawn out from the outlet, and a tub inside the drawer, providing a space for storing water and having an inlet on its upper surface. A drum rotatably mounted inside the tub includes an inlet on an upper surface for receiving laundry inside of the drum. A cabinet includes a first frame made at least ...