ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,332, issued on May 27, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Appliance trim breaker" was invented by Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy (Stevensville, Mich.), Sai B. Krishna (Pune, India), Abhay Naik (Stevensville, Mich.) and Sanket V. Phalak (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trim breaker includes first and second opposing vertical portions, a top portion, and a bottom portion. An outer rim extends about a periphery of the trim breaker. An inner edge is spaced interiorly from the outer rim. The trim breaker further includes a first surface proximate the inner edge and a second surface proximate the outer rim. A ...