ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,726, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Younghun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sungwoon Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Kunwoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a mounting part provided on the top cover to deliver a laundry agent to the tub and a first storage part detachably disposed in the mounting part to store the laundry agent. The mounting part may include a mounting groove allowing the first storage part to be seated therein, a communication passage provided in the mounting groove to commu...