ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,804, issued on March 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance" was invented by John Adam Yantis (Prospect, Ky.) and Olurotimi Joaquim (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessibility handle device for a domestic appliance may include a pivot. The pivot may define a handle opening. The accessibility handle device may be pivotably disposed around a door handle of the domestic appliance at the handle opening. The accessibility handle device may include a first arm. The first arm may extend from the pivot in a first direction. The acce...