ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,430, issued on April 1, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Appliance lift system" was invented by Brent M. Burgess (Edwardsburg, Mich.) and Scott E. Carpenter (Harbert, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance system includes a cabinet operable between a lowered position and a plurality of raised positions. A first lift assembly is coupled to a first side of the cabinet. A second lift assembly is coupled to a second side of the cabinet. The first and second lift assemblies operate concurrently to adjust the cabinet between the lowered position and the plurality of raised positions. A user-interfa...