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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2024
Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Julia Lee, Fullerton, CA (US);

Brittany Willis, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Yifan Wang, Beaverton, OR (US);

Nina Kanonye, Lafayette, LA (US);

Shubha Vijayaraj, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/14 (2013.01); A46B 5/0012 (2013.01); A46B 13/001 (2013.01); A46B 13/02 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); A46B 2200/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A washing machine appliance may include a wash tub positioned within a cabinet. The washing machine appliance may include a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes. The washing machine appliance may include a footwear cleaning basket positioned within the wash basket. The footwear cleaning basket may include a top wall and an outer wall extending downward from the top wall along the axial direction. The outer wall may include a bottom rim at a bottom thereof. The footwear cleaning basket and the wash basket may define a footwear cleaning space therebetween. The footwear cleaning basket may include a cleaning brush attached to the bottom rim of the footwear cleaning basket. The cleaning brush may extend downward from the bottom rim along the axial direction into the footwear cleaning space.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lee, Julia. (2026). Footwear cleaning basket for a washing machine appliance (U.S. Patent No. 12768091). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12768091

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