US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Dec. 9 for "Tilting bin in a door-in-door refrigerator appliance" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,857, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Tilting bin in a door-in-door refrigerator appliance" was invented by Stewart Keeling (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door-in-door assembly includes an inner door with a frame defining an opening. The inner door is rotatable between a closed position and an open position. The door-in-door assembly further includes an outer door. The door-in-door assembly also includes a tilting bin assembly mounted within the opening of the inner door. The tilting bin assembly includes a bin defining an opening at a top side of the bin and i...