ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,043, issued on June 16.

"Solar powered refrigerator device" was invented by Kelvin Bell (Killeen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar powered refrigerator device for cooling food items and producing ice cubes in a remote location includes a refrigerator which has an internal compartment for containing cold food items. A refrigeration unit is integrated into the refrigerator to cool the cold food items in the internal compartment. A door is hingedly disposed on the refrigerator for opening and closing the internal compartment and an ice maker is integrated into the refrigerator to release ice cubes for cooling a beverage. The...