ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,073, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Laundry treating appliance" was invented by Adish Anil Barve (Pune, India), Martin Prostejovsky (Poprad, Slovak Republic) and Roman Rakoci (Poprad, Slovak Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior, a drum, rotatable within the cabinet interior, at least partially defines a treating chamber for holding laundry items for treatment. A lid provides access to the cabinet interior. A user interface is carried by the cabinet and includes a console having a first input opening, a controlle...