US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 8 for "Cooking appliance having a support rack" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,862, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Cooking appliance having a support rack" was invented by Fabio Bianchi (Ranco, Italy) and Massimiliano Frontini (Casciago, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber defined by opposing side walls. A respective pair of mounting blocks are affixed to each of the side walls. The mounting blocks define respective first slots extending vertically, and second slots extending horizontally. A first support rack is coupled to the pair of mounting blocks on one side wall via insertion into the respective first and second s...