ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,486, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for mounting spray assemblies 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 defining a wash chamber and a wash conduit in the wash chamber. A third rack assembly is slidably positioned in the wash chamber above the second rack assembly with a third spray assembly positioned within the third rack assembly. The third spray assembly is configured t...