ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,178, issued on June 3, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Cabinet apparatus" was invented by Alexander V. LeTourneau (Sheboygan, Wis.), Swapnil Vasant Borade (Pune, India), Zhongpeng Zha (Shanghai) and Linan Han (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cabinet apparatus having a housing and a door. The housing defines a storage space having a front access opening. The door includes a first panel structure having a first sidewall panel having a first interior surface that partially defines the storage space and a first exterior surface and a tubular flange extending lengthwise along the first sidewall panel and protruding fr...