US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Laundry treatment appliance and water saving methods for laundry treatment appliances" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,472, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry treatment appliance and water saving methods for laundry treatment appliances" was invented by Stephen Edward Hettinger (Louisville, Ky.) and Nicholas Matthew Dillon (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a laundry treatment appliance includes supplying a first predetermined volume of water to articles within a wash chamber; performing a first agitation phase after supplying the first predetermined volume of water to the articles; performing a first drain phase after performing the first agitation phas...