ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,218, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hanger device" was invented by Joogyeom Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyunsun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hanger device according to the present disclosure may include a body having at least one opening to allow air to be pulled into the body and at least one discharge port to allow pulled air to be pushed out of the body. The body is configured to move away or toward a wall surface. A fan module is provided inside the body, and a filtering module disposed over the fan module. A hanging unit extends from a bottom surface of ...