ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,281, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Suhyeong Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyeon Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaejin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hojune Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including a storage compartment; a rotatable door to open and close the storage compartment; a movable lever mounted on the door; a guide, having first and second contact surfaces, to guide movement of the lever while the door is rotated; and a door pusher to press the door to open the storage compartment. While the ...