ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,415, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Shipping bracket for a washing machine appliance" was invented by Tanner Davis Gunn (Louisville, Ky.) and Christopher Gene Vowels (Cox's Creek, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet. The cabinet may include a side panel and a rear panel. The washing machine appliance may include a subwasher disposed within the cabinet. The washing machine appliance may include a shipping bracket attached to the rear panel. The shipping bracket may include a main body and a clamp body. The main body may define a b...