ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,867, issued on July 15, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Door storage assembly" was invented by Adalberto B. Junior (Joinville, Brazil), Jackeline Furtado Laurindo (Joinville, Brazil) and Marcel Bogger Lessa (Joinville, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door storage assembly includes a housing defining an interior storage space. The housing includes sidewalls. A bin is disposed within the interior storage space. The bin is rotatably coupled to the sidewalls to rotate between a storage position and an access position. A door is coupled to the bin. The door defines slots configured to receive pins extendin...