ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,966, issued on July 21, 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 of the present disclosure may comprise 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. A fan module provided inside the body, and a filtering module is disposed over the fan module. A hanging unit extends from a bottom surface of the body. The filtering module may include a dehumidifying filter for a...