ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,184, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Laundry appliance with sliding door system" was invented by Darryl Cedric Bodine (Benton Harbor, Mich.), Eric Andrew Hill (Chicago), J. Carroll Mays (London), Patrick Aaron McCormick (Clarendon Hills, Ill.) and Sayer James Murphy (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door system for an appliance includes a panel and a door having an inner surface. A bracket is coupled to the door. A rail assembly is disposed on an opposing side of the panel relative to the door. The bracket engages the rail assembly through the panel to adjust the door betw...