ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,988, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Kyoungmin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwanwoong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet having an entrance, a drawer comprising a drying chamber, a bottom surface, a front surface extending upward from the bottom surface, a rear surface to face the front surface, and first and second side surfaces to connect the front and rear surfaces. The laundry apparatus includes a first rack disposed in the drying chambe...