ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,542, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG (Vlotho, Germany).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Mark Schneider (Porta Westfalica, Germany) and Ralf Tofall (Bueckeburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator has an appliance body and at least one door pivotably mounted on the appliance body, the door being pivotably supported between a closed position and a maximum open position via at least one multi-pivot hinge and abutting the appliance body in the closed position via at least one seal, wherein the at least one multi-pivot hinge comprises a mounting element supported on the appliance body and a hi...