US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on March 3 for "Laundry machine and corresponding lid" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,729, issued on March 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry machine and corresponding lid" was invented by William Buscarato (Rio Claro, Brazil), Jessica Cardinali (Rio Claro, Brazil), Vanderlei Ferreira (Paulinia, Brazil), Ygor Riyuji Hamasaki Morais (Rio Claro, Brazil), Helton Figueira Rossi (Rio Claro, Brazil) and Eduardo L. Violin (Rio Claro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for a laundry machine is configured to open to provide access to a laundry treating chamber and close to conceal the laundry treating chamber. The lid includes a frame and a panel. The frame has a front beam, opposing s...