ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,279, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Cabinet assembly for a combination laundry appliance" was invented by Yang Shuai (Qingdao, China) and Wang Zewang (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes an apron extending between a bottom end and a top end along the vertical direction, an apron extension positioned on the top end of the apron and defining a mechanical compartment, the apron extension comprising a top wall, a first side wall, a second sidewall, and a rear wall formed from a single, unitary piece of material, and a conditioning system p...