ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,783, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Laundry treating appliance and method of operation" was invented by Richard L. Hammond (Mattawan, Mich.), David Adrian Moelker (Zeeland, Mich.) and Luke John Paul (Jenison, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior. A rotatable treating chamber is located within the interior. An antenna is configured to receive RFID data from RFID tags on the laundry items and outputs a signal indicative of the RFID data. A controller receives the ...