ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,683, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Clothing treatment apparatus" was invented by Beomjun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Injae Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangwook Hong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing treatment includes: a cabinet; a door coupled to the cabinet; a tub; a drum provided inside the tub; a driving unit for rotating the drum; a gasket that connects an entrance of the cabinet to an opening of the tub; and a water supply unit for supplying water to the tub. The water supply unit is configured to supply water to the tub to a first water level higher tha...