ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,648, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Garment care apparatus" was invented by Seongmin Oak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chulkie Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment care apparatus includes a care chamber including a first area including a first bottom plane, and a second area including a second bottom plane located lower than the first bottom plane so that the garment care apparatus may accommodate and care for garments with normal lengths in the first area and garments longer than the normal garments in the se...