ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,304, issued on March 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Appliance handle clip for securing an appliance handle in transport" was invented by Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.), Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.), Zachary Wiles (Louisville, Ky.) and Pirapat Kitipongpatana (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle clip may include a mount segment, a support segment, and a connection segment. The mount segment may be securable to the appliance handle. The support segment may extend from the mount segment away from the appliance handle. The connection segment may be joined to the s...