US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 18 for "Detergent storage container and method for manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,834, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Detergent storage container and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Sungwoon Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Hunjun Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detergent storage container for a laundry treating apparatus includes a detergent storage member that defines a storage space configured to store laundry detergent, and a residual amount detecting unit disposed at the detergent storage member and configured to detect a residual amount of laundry detergent stored in the detergent storage member."

The patent was filed...