ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,904, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Appliance air freshener" was invented by Josh Hanson (Huntersville, N.C.), Ramesh Subramanian (Charlotte, N.C.), Eric Hitchcock (Harrisburg, N.C.), Brent Curtis (Terrell, N.C.) and Belinda Zhang (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance air freshener having a frame and an air freshener medium. The frame defines an enclosure having a first face, and a second face opposite and spaced from the first face. The first face and the second face form an outer perimeter of the enclosure. The frame also defines a passage located within and spa...