US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on May 12 for "Reservoir access for stand-alone ice making appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,878, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Reservoir access for stand-alone ice making appliance" was invented by Rachel Winckler (Louisville, Ky.), Samuel Vincent DuPlessis (Louisville, Ky.) and Minjoo Annie Han (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice making appliance includes a casing, a user interface on the casing, a container within the casing, and a reservoir disposed within the casing. The reservoir includes an internal lid. The stand-alone ice making appliance also includes a cover disposed on an external surface of the casing. The cover is rotatable over the re...