US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on May 26 for "Laundry system and method to reduce textile microfiber release" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,796, issued on May 26, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry system and method to reduce textile microfiber release" was invented by 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 and a method of operating the laundry appliance to reduce textile microfiber release includes performing an air wash cycle of a load of laundry articles before performing a wet wash cycle of the laundry load. The air wash cycle includes operating a fan to circulate an airflow through a laundry basket containing a load of laundry articl...