US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Accessibility pedal for a drawer of an oven appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,561, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Accessibility pedal for a drawer of an oven appliance" was invented by Olurotimi Joaquim (Louisville, Ky.) and John Adam Yantis (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven appliance may include a cabinet that may define a cooking chamber and a drawer recess positioned below the cooking chamber. The oven appliance may include a drawer assembly slidably mounted to the cabinet within the drawer recess. The drawer assembly may include a drawer and a front panel. The drawer may define a compartment. The front panel may be attached to a...