ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,715, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for locating a slide rail on a stand mixer" was invented by Andrew Pierce (Louisville, Ky.) and Danister Abeygunawardana (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand mixer appliance includes a casing that includes a base, a column mounted to the base, and a motor housing mounted to the column and extending outwardly above the base. The column includes a slide rail mounted to the column. The slide rail includes a pin configured to engage with an aperture of the column."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2022, under Applicat...