ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,410, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine appliance steam option selection" was invented by James Quentin Pollett (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub, a wash basket rotatable mounted within the tub, and a heating element in thermal communication with the wash tub such that the heating element is positioned and configured to generate steam within the wash tub. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes receiving a cycle selection and a steam option selection from the same input selector. The ...