ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,430, issued on July 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Retention clip for a carrier roller assembly" was invented by Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.) and Zachary Wiles (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a carrier roller assembly for supporting a rack within a wash chamber. The carrier roller assembly includes a carrier body defining a receiving slot for receiving a wire of the rack. A retention clip is operably positioned within receiving slot adjacent to the wire of the rack. The retention clip includes a first end operably engaged with the wire...