US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 31 for "Dishwasher" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,798, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Dongho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jongyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a filter member having a handle integrally provided at an upper cover of the filter member. The filter member is accommodated in a filter accommodation space of a filter housing, where a movement space of the filter member is larger than the filter member, thereby preventing damage to the filter material or a fall of contaminants into the filter housing effectively, during withdrawal and insertion of t...