ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,222, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Clothes dryer" was invented by Junhong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Guangri Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Eungryeol Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothes dryer including a cabinet including an inlet and a base; a drum inside the cabinet, a support frame including a front support frame supporting a front end portion of the drum, and having a laundry inlet, and a rear support frame supporting a rear end portion of the drum; a blow fan below the front support frame; and a guide...