ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,027, issued on March 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Bottle locking assembly for a domestic appliance" was invented by Brian Allgeier (Louisville, Ky.) and Jonathan Charles Crosby (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wine storage appliance may include a cabinet defining a chamber. The wine storage appliance may also include a bottle locking assembly for selectively locking one or more bottles within the chamber. The bottle locking assembly may include a fascia assembly defining one or more bottle openings therethrough. Each bottle opening of the one or more bottle openings for re...