US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 23 for "Hinge system for a laundry machine" (Brazilian, Indian, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,648, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Hinge system for a laundry machine" was invented by Iftkhar Ahamad (Pune, India), William Buscarato (Rio Claro, Brazil), Emmanuel Gonzaga (Rio Claro, Brazil), Vinayak Jadhav (Pune, India), Helton Rossi (Rio Claro, Brazil), Chaitanya Salve (Pune, India) and Hector A. Villarreal (Monterrey, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry machine includes a cabinet, a lid, and a hinge. The cabinet is configured to receive clothing articles. The lid is secured to a top of the cabinet and is configured to transition between open and closed positions. The hi...