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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Brian Allgeier, Louisville, KY (US);
Jonathan Charles Crosby, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A wine storage appliance may include a cabinet defining a chamber. The wine storage appliance may also include a bottle locking assembly for selectively locking one or more bottles within the chamber. The bottle locking assembly may include a fascia assembly defining one or more bottle openings therethrough. Each bottle opening of the one or more bottle openings for receiving a discrete bottle therethrough. The bottle locking assembly further may include one or more iris assemblies including one or more movable locking blades positioned within the fascia assembly. The one or more iris assemblies transitionable across the one or more bottle openings between an unlocked position or a locked position for selectively unlocking or locking a discrete bottle within a discrete bottle opening.