ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,493, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Sangho Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Youngho Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Daehan Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes: a first treating apparatus including a first front panel disposed at a front side of the first treating apparatus, a plurality of first side panels disposed at both lateral sides of the first treating apparatus, and a first drum configured to receive laundry, and a second treating apparatus that is disposed below the first treating apparatus...