Whirlpool Corporation

Deeptiranjan Barik

Patrick J Duffy

Tushar Sopan Jadhav

Pradeep Thorat

Sachin Karade

Atul Nalawade

Vishal Shankar Marathe

Abinash Sarma

Kailash Shravan More

Mahalingappa Chudamani Mulimani

Kundan S Rawate

Anant Karanjikar

Samadhan Tanaji Pandhare

A cooktop for an appliance includes a cooktop base surface that defines an edge. A cooktop burner is mounted on the cooktop base surface. A support base is rigidly fixed with the cooktop base surface adjacent the edge. A grate is rotatably supported to the support base and is rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position to alternately cover and uncover the cooking burner. A biasing member is coupled to the support base and exerts an upward biasing force on the grate.

Cooktop with hinged burner grates

A shelving system includes a first shelf, rollers, hangers, and a second shelf. The first shelf has an upper surface and defines tracks below the upper surface. The rollers are disposed within the tracks. The hangers are rotatably secured to the rollers. The second shelf is rotatably secured to the hangers. The second shelf is configured to rotate about the rollers via the hangers upon engagement between the rollers and stops to transition from a lower position to an upper-forward position. The second shelf is configured to slide rearward from the upper-forward position to an upper-rearward position. The second shelf is configured to nest with the first shelf in the upper-rearward position.

Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator

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Maharashtra, India

Deeptiranjan Barik