US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Sept. 22 for "Interface and laundry treating apparatus having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,275, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Interface and laundry treating apparatus having the same" was invented by Eunsoo Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Jungchul Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangin Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus that prevents a collision between a user of a remote control and a user who directly manipulates the laundry treating apparatus by enabling the remote control to be released only by following a strict procedure once the remote control is set."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2022,...