ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,113, issued on March 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Microwave oven child resistant door" was invented by Byung Cheon Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyuk-chul Kwon (Seongnam, South Korea), Ju Chan Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Youngjin Oh (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave oven is provided having a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, a door pivotably attached to the cabinet and a button for opening the door. The door may be configured to selectively allow entry to the cooking chamber. The button may include an outer panel and a primary body. The outer pane...