ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,295, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator and home appliance" was invented by Jonghwa Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A appliance includes: a cabinet defining define a storage space, and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door comprises a door body, a door panel defining a front surface of the door, a cap decoration defining a lower surface of the door body, and a bracket provided at a rear surface of the door panel and configured to be coupled to the cap decoration. The bracket comprises a buffer rib protruding from a first surface o...