Patent ID: 11970809
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A laundry treatment appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the laundry treatment appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a receiving space;
a wash tub provided within the receiving space, the wash tub comprising an axial column, the axial column configured to receive multiple wash baskets stacked axially; and
a controller provided within the cabinet, wherein the controller is configured for:
receiving wash cycle requests from a plurality of unique users, wherein each of the wash cycle requests comprises a corresponding set of wash parameters;
matching a first unique user having a first set of wash parameters and a second unique user having a second set of wash parameters from the plurality of unique users, wherein the first set of wash parameters and the second set of wash parameters are complementary to each other and collectively define a matching set of wash parameters;
determining a first individual cost for the first unique user and a second individual cost for the second unique user in response to matching the first unique user and the second unique user;
receiving a confirmation from each of the first and second unique users; and
generating a joint washing operation in accordance with the matching set of washing parameters.