ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,224, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Refrigerator appliance" was invented by Jos Nieuwlaat (Etten-Leur, Netherlands) and Joannes Sebastiaan Cornelis Emmen (Etten-Leur, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a rear side and a door opposite the rear side at a front of the cabinet. A panel is disposed at the rear side of the cabinet and includes an integrally moulded first shelf support for supporting a rear end of a shelf. A second shelf support is spaced from the first shelf support and arranged to support a front and/or side of the she...