ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,592, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Home appliance" was invented by Minkyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home appliance including a dispenser housing recessed into a door thereof, a dispenser nozzle disposed in an upper area of the dispenser housing and configured to discharge liquid, such as water, or ice, a dispenser button disposed in the dispenser housing and configured to operate the dispenser nozzle, and a button cover detachably coupled to a front surface of the dispenser button and configured to cover the dispenser button."
The patent was filed on Apri...