ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,838, issued on April 22, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Refrigerator appliance" was invented by Luiz Afranio Alves Ferreira (Joinville, Brazil), Marcel Bogger Lessa (Joinville, Brazil) and Gustavo Spezzia (Joinville, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a partition. The cabinet defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The door is movably secured to the cabinet. The door is configured to transition between open and closed positions. The partition is movably secured to the door. The partition is configured to advance away from the door to transition to an operation...