US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Autonomous laundry washing and drying devices, systems, and methods of use" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,407, issued on March 31.

"Autonomous laundry washing and drying devices, systems, and methods of use" was invented by Madeline R. Hickman (Arlington, Mass.), Susan Bachrach Coney (Watertown, Mass.), Noa M. Rensing (West Newton, Mass.), Kayla M. Swiston (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Benjamin Beckvold (Somerville, Mass.), Benjamin D. Bixby (Newton Highlands, Mass.), Jesse Sielaff (Norfolk, Mass.), Kevin M. LeBlanc (Medford, Mass.) and Hannah S. Siemens (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of autonomously washing and drying at least one deformable article with a combination washer and dryer includes receiving, at a c...