ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,909, issued on June 30, was assigned to WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Wuxi, China).

"Clothing treatment device" was invented by Lining Xiong (Wuxi, China), Yacheng Shi (Wuxi, China) and Jia Wang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing treatment device is provided. The device includes a housing, a tub assembly and a damping assembly. The damping assembly includes a first movement member and a second movement member connected to each other. An end of the first movement member away from the second movement member is connected to the tub assembly. An end of the second movement member away from the first movement memb...