ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,938, issued on July 1, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Trim assembly for an appliance shelf" was invented by Pratik P. Chavan (Pune, India), Shrawan Kumar (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Pranav Karan (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a cabinet that has an inner surface. A frame is coupled to the inner surface of the cabinet. The frame includes a frame boss that extends from a bottom surface thereof. A panel is positioned within the frame. The frame extends along a perimeter of the panel. An inner trim member has a flange that extends therefrom. The flange defines an aperture confi...