US Patent Issued to BSH Home Appliances, BSH Hausgerate on March 17 for "Bottom dampener for can rack systems" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,001, issued on March 17, was assigned to BSH Home Appliances Corp. (Irvine, Calif.) and BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Bottom dampener for can rack systems" was invented by Sarah Gluck Griswold (Powell, Tenn.) and Narendra Mal (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom dampener can be provided for a can rack system. The bottom dampener can dampen forces exerted on a bottom of the can rack system by cans inserted into the can rack system. The bottom dampener can include a curved pad, which can fit into a bottom flap of the can rack system. The curved pad can be used for dampening a force exerted by a can on the bottom ...