ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,713, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Water purifier" was invented by Yeonwoo Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jihoon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier includes: a main body having a water outlet at one side thereof; and a drip tray unit provided under the water outlet. The drip tray unit includes: a plurality of drip trays supporting a container, storing water drips, and configured to be folded or unfolded; a drip tray supporter to support the plurality of drip trays, the drip tray supporter slidably movable in a first direction with ...