ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,202, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Midea Group Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).
"Lift and load silverware basket" was invented by Joel Boyer (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a dishwasher silverware container includes a basket with a front wall and an opposing rear wall. The basket also includes a first side wall and an opposing second side wall. The walls meet to collectively define an interior space of the basket. The basket includes at least one cam track defined within an interior surface of the basket. The dishwasher silverware container also includes a loading tray positionable about the basket. ...