US Patent Issued to MIDEA GROUP on March 24 for "Laundry washing machine with spiral variable length agitator" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,257, issued on March 24, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijiao, China).

"Laundry washing machine with spiral variable length agitator" was invented by Bryan T. Snook (Louisville, Ky.) and Aaron Daniel Abbott (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry washing machine includes a variable length agitator that is configurable in multiple configurations that provide different lengths for the agitator along its axis of rotation. The variable length agitator includes at least first and second members that are moveable relative to one another both along and about the axis of rotation to vary the length of the variable...