US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 11 for "Cabinet reinforcing assembly" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,318, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Cabinet reinforcing assembly" was invented by Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy (Stevensville, Mich.), Lynne F. Hunter (Dorr, Mich.), Abhay Naik (Stevensville, Mich.), Sanket Vivek Phalak (Pune, India) and Aaron Michael Stewart (Buchanan, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerating appliance includes a cabinet including an outer wrapper defining opposing first and second sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the first and second sidewalls and an access opening, and an inner liner defining an upper compartment and a lower compartment. The outer wrapper and the...