ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,767, issued on June 23, was assigned to Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co. Ltd. (Wuxi, China).

"Base, base assembly and laundry treatment device" was invented by Fei Kang (Wuxi, China), Hao Jiang (Wuxi, China) and Yulai Miao (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base includes a bottom plate assembly including a subbase. A front edge of the subbase includes a flanging folded upward and including an avoidance section, and a climbing plate is arranged above the avoidance section. The base further includes a structural support assembly arranged above the bottom plate and forming an accommodation space above the subbase. An access open...