ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,283, issued on April 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Universal trigger assembly for a slide assembly" was invented by Justin James Brolley (New Albany, Ind.), Benjamin Carl Maddux (Louisville, Ky.) and Abhisek Agrawal (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance may include a tub that may define a wash chamber, a rack assembly positioned within the wash chamber, and a slide assembly. The slide assembly may be mounted to the tub, the slide assembly may include a soft close mechanism. The dishwashing appliance may also include a universal trigger assembly. The unive...