ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,710, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Badge for an appliance" was invented by Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes an external panel. The external panel defines at least one aperture. The appliance includes a badge coupled with the external panel. The badge includes a rear surface that interfaces the external panel and an arm coupled with the rear surface. The arm is received by the at least one aperture. The arm comprises at least one barb that provides tactile feedback. The badge further includes at least one compression rib...