ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,670, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for caddy positioning in dishwasher appliances" was invented by Justin Daniel Ryan (Louisville, Ky.), Steven Chadwick Koepke (LaGrange, Ky.) and Nathaniel Lee Min Sheeran (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a tub that defines a wash chamber, a third rack assembly slidably positioned in the wash chamber above a second rack assembly, and a third spray assembly positioned within the third rack assembly. The third spray assembly is configured to direct wash fluid at articles located in the t...