US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 6 for "Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,231, issued on May 6, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" was invented by Anant Karanjikar (St. Joseph, Mich.), Umakant Suresh Katu (Glen Allen, Va.), Kailash Shravan More (Pune, India), Sunil Patil (Belagavi, India) and Vinay M. Patil (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator shelving system includes a nest, a boss, and a shelf. The boss extends outward from the shelf. The boss is configured to engage the nest to maintain the shelf in a stowed position. The boss is configured to disengage the nest to transition the shelf to an operational posi...