US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on July 29 for "Wall covering assembly with ventilation pattern and air curtain system" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,293, issued on July 29, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Wall covering assembly with ventilation pattern and air curtain system" was invented by Giulia Marinello (Park Ridge, Ill.), Lynne F. Hunter (Dorr, Mich.), Sanjesh Kumar Pathak (Stevensville, Mich.), Alberto R. Gomes (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Joseph M. Keres (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a wall covering assembly having a top wall spaced-apart from a top wall of a liner, and a rear wall spaced-apart from a rear wall of the liner. The wall covering assembly includes a pattern of ports for providing outwardly dire...