US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on June 3 for "Hinge bracket assembly" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,176, issued on June 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Hinge bracket assembly" was invented by Ian Pavnick (Michigan City, Ind.), Ryan M. Post (Coloma, Mich.), Michael S. Richards (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Chad J. Rotter (Saugatuck, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge bracket assembly includes an appliance wrapper defining a first receiving space extending in a first direction, a second receiving space extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third receiving space extending in a third direction oriented at an acute angle relative to the first direction. A...