US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Feb. 17 for "Refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,659, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door" was invented by Minsub Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hongsik Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Dongjeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungjae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaehoon Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands."

The patent was filed on...