US Patent Issued to MIDEA GROUP on July 1 for "Exhibiting a dishwasher rack to the user" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,976, issued on July 1, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Exhibiting a dishwasher rack to the user" was invented by Bassam Fawaz (Louisville, Ky.) and Robert M. Digman (Goshen, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. Deployment of the rack may allow the user to become aware of the presence of the rack within the dish washing appliance. At least one rack is positionable from a stowed position to at least one deployed position. The rack may be deployed or actuated with a door and/or a second rack. The door and/or second rack may carry, force, or actuate the rack...