ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,735, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Molded pulp external packing member for a dishwasher appliance" was invented by Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.) and Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external pack member for a dishwasher appliance, the external pack member includes a base panel extending along the lateral direction and the transverse direction; a first channel formed downward into a top surface of the base panel along the vertical direction and extending along the lateral direction; and a second channel formed upward along the vertic...