ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,113, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Lifter for laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Kilryong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Byeongha Jeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinseok Ahn (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifter for a laundry treating apparatus includes a first member mounted at an inner side of a drum; and a second member mounted on the first member and protruded toward an inside of the drum, wherein the first member includes a hook protruded and formed along a circumference of the first member, at least part of which is disposed to cover an inner circumferent...