US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on July 29 for "Dispenser cup" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,841, issued on July 29, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dispenser cup" was invented by Kevin Ayers (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Seth Bixby (Stevensville, Mich.) and Sayer J. Murphy (Saint Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of supplying treating chemistry to at least a treating chamber or at least one bulk reservoir of a laundry treating appliance. The method including selectively moving a selector compartment defining a selector compartment cup between a first position, where the selector compartment cup is fluidly coupled with the treating chamber and a second position where the selector compart...