ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,831, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Door gasket assembly for a washing machine appliance" was invented by Rainer Schuster (Durlangen, Germany) and Todd Anthony Reger (Crestwood, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet comprising a front panel defining a chamber opening, a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a door rotatably mounted to the front panel for providing selective access to the wash chamber through the chamber...