US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Jan. 13 for "Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,416, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" was invented by Anant Karanjikar (St. Joseph, Mich.), Umakant Suresh Katu (Glen Allen, Mich.), Vishal Shankar Marathe (Pune, India), Kailash Shravan More (Pune, India) and Vinay M. Patil (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator shelving system includes a stationary shelf, a pair of first and second sliders supported under opposite sides of the stationary shelf and configured to move longitudinally front and rear support tabs associated with each of the sliders and longitudinally space...