ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,642, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Refrigerator appliance and method for code reading" was invented by Robert Alan Sellers (Louisville, Ky.) and Timothy Ray Jackson (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance is provided, including a dispenser assembly positioned at a door and having a recess extending into the door. A scanner assembly includes a scanner device and a targeting device positioned at an angle toward the recess and behind the external wall. A controller is communicatively coupled to the scanner device and the targeting device. The co...