US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Oct. 14 for "Refrigerator appliance" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,586, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator appliance" was invented by Abhishek Awachat (Pune, India), Ruturaj Kadam (Pune, India), George Theng Ching Ooi (Saint Joseph, Mich.) and Shailesh Wani (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door for a refrigerator appliance includes a first external panel, a ledge, a second external panel, and a protrusion. The ledge extends inward relative to the first external panel. The second external panel is offset from the first external panel and extends upward from the ledge to a top of the door. The protrusion extends upward from the ledge a...