US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 4 for "Laundry appliance" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,451, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry appliance" was invented by Darryl C. Bodine (St. Joseph, Mich.), Donald Erickson (Stevensville, Mich.), Gregg P. Fitzgerald (Eau Claire, Mich.), Eric A. Hill (Chicago), Patrick A. McCormick (Clarendon Hills, Ill.), Stephen D. Ostdiek (St. Joseph, Mich.), Anna C. Schelling (Stevensville, Mich.), Robert J. Schneider (Fennville, Mich.), Mohaideen Abdul Khadaar Sikkandar Batcha (Tamil Nadu, India), Todd J. Tunzi (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Andrew C. Kubasiak (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a...