ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,429, issued on July 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Basket for a dishwashing appliance" was invented by Logan Chayse Dunaway (Greenville, Ind.) and Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance defines a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the dishwashing appliance comprises a wash tub that defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The dishwashing appliance includes a manifold disposed within the wash chamber. The manifold defines at least one port. The dishwashing appliance further includes a basket operably positio...