ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,794, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Seungpyo Ha (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Hoon Choi (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber; and a door coupled to a front of the cabinet and to open and close the cabinet. The door may include a door handle; a door glass in contact with the door handle; a side decorative portion to which the door glass is adhered; door bracket coupled to the side decorative portion; and handle fastening means to fasten the door handle and the door bracket to each other...