US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Nov. 25 for "Securement and release assembly for a component of an appliance, appliance including the same and oven including the same for a refillable water reservoir for use with steam cooking" (Brazilian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,663, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Securement and release assembly for a component of an appliance, appliance including the same and oven including the same for a refillable water reservoir for use with steam cooking" was invented by Ivana Helena Grochowicz (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Sergio Ricardo Jager (Rio Claro, Brazil) and Leonardo Poma (Saronno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A securement and release assembly for an appliance component including: (a) a platform to couple to an appliance cabinet, the platform including a track; (b) a push-push latch attached to the platform incl...