ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,848, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China), QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Vacuum storage device and refrigerator" was invented by Peng Lyu (Qingdao, China), Hao Zhang (Qingdao, China), Honghui Liu (Qingdao, China) and Tong Xu (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum storage device includes a suction base, which is provided with a first suction port; a storage box configured to be detachably fixed to the suction base, defining a storage space within; where the storage box ...