US Patent 10494749 Agitator insert for washing machines to enhance cleaning

Devices, apparatus, systems and methods for enhancing cleaning operations in washing machines by providing one-piece agitator inserts in washing machines that agitates laundry to enhance cleaning during the washing and/or rinse cycles in the washing machines. The agitators do not release any chemicals and can be reused with different laundry loads. A preferred embodiment of an agitator can include a cross pattern of prongs, each having bulbous ends, and a center post extending upward and downward from an axis of the cross pattern.