ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,732, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Jihong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Minkyu Sang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jihun Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes: a first cabinet; a first accommodating part provided inside the first cabinet to accommodate clothes; a second cabinet provided under the first cabinet; a second accommodating part provided inside the second cabinet to accommodate clothes; a plurality of support parts extending from a lower portion of the first cabinet to support a load of th...