ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,683, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Door and home appliance having the same" was invented by Cheoleun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sihwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hongman Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door and a home appliance having the same. The home appliance includes a main body including a chamber and a door configured to open or close the chamber, wherein the door includes a front panel, a plurality of flanges formed from the front panel in a bent shape, an incision portion between the plurality of flanges, a fixing member coupled...