ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,042, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Refrigerator appliance and method for operation" was invented by Ronald Gary Foster (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance and method for operation include a cooled compartment having a plurality of zones including an articulatable feature. A sensor is configured to determine a change in position of the articulatable feature. A computing device is configured to perform operations, including obtaining a user signal corresponding to one or more of the plurality of zones as a restricted zone; obtaining, from the...