ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,098, issued on April 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine appliance tub cover" was invented by Jose Francisco Castillo (Louisville, Ky.) and James Quentin Pollett (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes, and a tub cover positioned over the wash tub. Rotation of the wash basket within the wash tub circulates a flow of air within the wash tub. The tub cover includes a main bo...