ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,025, issued on March 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Refrigerator appliance anti-racking sliding drawer" was invented by Brian Allgeier (Louisville, Ky.) and Louis A. Wantland (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slidably mountable drawer assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes a drawer defining a chamber between a first side and a second side. The drawer assembly also includes a first rail, and a second rail. A drawer flange extends laterally from both the first side and second side of the drawer. The drawer flange is configured to engage ...