US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 30 for "Adjustable bumper design for home appliances" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,892, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Adjustable bumper design for home appliances" was invented by Rohan Gajananrao Gore (Stevensville, Mich.) and David Gregory Quante (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bumper assembly for an appliance may include a cabinet having a front panel, a door hingedly coupled with the cabinet and configured to selectively contact the front panel, and a bumper coupled to one of the door and front panel. The bumper may include a cap having an annular outer surface defining an interior, at least one flange coupled to the outer surface, the at least...