US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Oct. 28 for "Laundry appliance" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,788, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry appliance" was invented by Sayer James Murphy (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Anne Wessel (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a first lint filter operable between a use position and a maintenance position, a second lint filter proximate to the first lint filter, a switch operable between a first condition and a second condition, and a blower. Movement of the first lint filter from the use position to the maintenance position prompts the switch to enter the second condition from the first condition. The blower is operable ...