ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,215, issued on June 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Laundry system and method for pet hair removal" was invented by Alexander Daniel James (Louisville, Ky.), John Joseph Roetker (Louisville, Ky.) and Otto Armando Ramirez (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a tub positioned within a cabinet, a basket supported for rotation within the tube and defining a chamber for receipt of laundry articles for washing and drying, a drive motor operatively coupled to the basket, an air duct system providing fluid communication between an air inlet, the chamber, and an ...