ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,338, issued on July 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator and storage system for a refrigerator" was invented by Yogeshkumar G. Bhavsar (Pune, India), Anup R. Khandekar (Pune, India), Mrunal S Shaldar (Pune, India), Lalit Madhukar Suryawanshi (Pune, India) and Nilesh S. Zanwar (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet and a storage bin. The cabinet defines and internal refrigerated cavity. The storage bin is slidably secured to the cabinet within the internal cavity. The storage bin includes a plurality of walls, a protrusion, and trim. The plurality of...