US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 5 for "Lint filter for laundry appliance having a closable filtering space for capturing lint particles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,189, issued on May 5, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Lint filter for laundry appliance having a closable filtering space for capturing lint particles" was invented by Mark J. Christensen (Stevensville, Mich.), Kyle J. Carow (Coloma, Mich.), Brendan L. Erickson (Holland, Mich.) and Forrest S. McKenzie (Marcellus, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lint filter for a laundry appliance includes a handle, a first panel that extends from the handle and has a mesh filtration member, and a second panel that is coupled to the first panel at a hinge member that opposes the handle. The hinge member biases the second ...