ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,184, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CHONGQING HAIER REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Chongqing, China), QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Refrigerator door with replaceable door panel" was invented by Wenchun Wang (Qingdao, China), Hao Zhang (Qingdao, China), Enpin Xia (Qingdao, China) and Tong Xu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator door with a replaceable door panel includes a foam door body and a decorative panel detachably connected to the foam door body; a press latch and a limiter are disposed on the foam door body; a firs...