US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Oct. 7 for "Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,921, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator" was invented by Gowardhan Parikshit (Pune, India), Ryan Post (Coloma, Mich.), Chad Rotter (Saugatuck, Mich.) and Lalit Madhukar Suryawanshi (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator shelving system includes a primary shelf, a secondary shelf, hangers, and nests. The hangers movably secure the secondary shelf to the primary shelf. The hangers also position the secondary shelf below the primary shelf. The nests are configured to secure the secondary shelf to the primary shelf in a stowed p...