ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,377, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Hongyu Wang (Qingdao, China) and Xiaoqiang Bai (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a box body, inner container of which defines a storage compartment therein; and a water storage device arranged in the storage compartment and comprising a pot body and a pot lid; the port body being configured to store water; the pot lid being arranged at the top of the pot body and configured to open and close the pot body; wherein the pot lid a...