ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,985, issued on June 17, was assigned to Horeca Engineering B.V. (Harlingen, Netherlands).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Willem Jan Vellinga (Harlingen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a refrigerator having a housing with at least one door frame defining a door opening for access to the housing and having a sealing surface, at least one door for closing the door opening defined by the at least one door frame, and sealing means arranged between the at least one door and the at least one door frame for sealing the door opening in the closed position of the at least one door. The sealing means include...