US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on May 27 for "Removable agitator with fabric softener dispenser" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,731, issued on May 27, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Removable agitator with fabric softener dispenser" was invented by Anup Sudhir Bhavsar (Pune, India), Eric W. Merrow (Benton Harbor, Mich.), Benjamin D. Lowell (Benton Harbor, Mich.) and Bradley D. Morrow (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agitator is configured to be removably mounted to an impeller mount as a clothes mover. The agitator includes a post having a first end and an opposing second end. A connector is disposed at the first end of the post, the connector being configured to removably attach to a corresponding connector of ...