US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on March 3 for "Laundry machine with bottom balance ring assembly" (Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,731, issued on March 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry machine with bottom balance ring assembly" was invented by Stephen Bernard Froelicher (Shepherdsville, Ky.) and Cody Ewing (Floyds Knobs, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry machine appliance is provided, including a cabinet forming an interior volume, a tub positioned within the interior volume, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and forming a wash chamber. A balance ring assembly is positioned at a base of the wash basket. The balance ring assembly forms a sealed passage between a base wall, a sidewall, a...