Information
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Patent Grant
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6192630
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Patent Number
6,192,630
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Date Filed
Thursday, September 30, 199924 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, February 27, 200123 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 049 382
- 049 501
- 049 397
- 049 398
- 049 399
- 016 229
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A refrigerator door has an outer door panel having an outer skin with rearwardly extending peripheral vertical and horizontal side walls. Four corners are located between adjacent horizontal and vertical side walls. An inner door liner is secured to the outer door panel to define a cavity between the inner liner and the sheet. Cut-out sections are formed in the horizontal side walls adjacent the corners to define exposed edges extending along the vertical side wall, the horizontal side wall and outer skin of the door. A reinforcing corner bracket is positioned within the cavity adjacent each cut-out section assuming normal loading forces associated with the door. Epaulet covers extend over the cut-out sections and the exposed edges. The epaulet covers each have a flange depending therefrom and adapted to overlay an outside surface portion of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall. The epaulet covers have a plurality of ribs extending therefrom adjacent the flange for engaging the inside of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall. The epaulet cover has fasteners comprising an extension and hook shaped end that pass through slotted apertures in the corner bracket permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side of the corner bracket. The slotted apertures are sized larger than the fasteners to permit lateral movement of each epaulet cover relative to its corresponding corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a door for a refrigerator that has door corner epaulet covers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For several years the trend in domestic refrigerator cabinets has been to increase the size and in particular the width of the food compartments and doors in top or bottom mount refrigerators.
Typically, the refrigerator door is constructed from an outer door panel of sheet steel material having rearwardly extending side walls. The door has an inner liner wall of plastic material attached to the door panel. Foam insulation is injected in the space between the outer panel and the inner liner. The foam expands and cures to thermally insulate and rigidize the door.
In order to conserve costs, the amount of steel used in the manufacture of these doors is optimized. The practice is to use a relatively thin sheet of steel for the outer panel. Often this sheet is in the order of 0.017 inches thick. Consequently, in order for the refrigerator door to maintain it's integrity and support articles or items stored on door mounted shelves, the most common approach to reinforce the door has been to use cross braces located within the door cavity between the inner liner and the outer door panel. The metal cross braces extend from the corners of the refrigerator outer panel in an X configuration to reinforce the refrigerator door.
To further strengthen the door outer skin, the corners of the door formed when the skin is rolled back onto itself to provide a supporting peripheral flange for the door liner, have been welded. However, this welded corner results in the corner hinge bearing the door load and transferring loading stresses across the outer door skin. Further, the welding of the door outer skin at the corners does not permit the use of a pre-painted door outer skin for door manufacture since the skin paint at the corners is effected by the weld. Also, the welding of the corners fixes the corner shape so that minor changes in door construction must be accounted for during door manufacture. Clearly, there is a need for a refrigerator door corner construction that eliminates the problems associated with welding the outer skin door corners, reduces the load transfer from the door onto the relatively thin steel outer skin wall of the refrigerator door and does not have an unpleasant finish.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator door that transfers reduced door corner stresses onto the outer skin of the door without having a detrimental effect on the appearance of the refrigerator door.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator door that has corners that do not require welding to complete the door corner.
The present invention relates to a door for a refrigerator appliance comprising an outer door panel having an outer skin sheet with rearwardly extending peripheral vertical and horizontal side walls. The side walls form corners at a location adjacent and between the horizontal and vertical side walls. The horizontal side walls each have an open section that may formed by the manner in which the vertical side wall of the door is formed or, preferably as a cut-out section located adjacent where the door is normally mounted through hinge pins to the refrigerator appliance. A corner supporting bracket is located within the door for receiving the door hinge pins. By having an open section or a removed cut-out section in the horizontal side wall of the door skin, there is a reduction of door loading stresses transferred from the corner of the door to the outer door skin. The removed edge section creates a sharp exposed edge in the side walls adjacent the corner. The exposed edge extends along any one of, and preferably all of, the outer door skin, the vertical side wall, and the horizontal wall. Of course, depending on the construction of the refrigerator door, in-turned flanges formed from further extensions of the vertical and horizontal side walls may also provide an exposed edge extending along the cut-out or open section. Further, it is envisaged that the cut-out or open section may not extend completely across the depth of the horizontal wall, or may be spaced from the vertical wall by a remaining portion of the horizontal side wall. In the present invention, a door epaulet covers the removed cut-out or open section and the exposed edges of the side walls. The epaulet cover does not assume any of the loading forces carried by the reinforcing corner bracket and, consequently, does not distribute such loading forces onto the outer door skin of the refrigerator door.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there a door for a refrigerator appliance comprising an outer door panel having an outer skin sheet with rearwardly extending peripheral vertical and horizontal side walls. The door panel has a plurality of corners located between adjacent horizontal and vertical side walls. The door has an inner door liner secured to the outer door panel spaced from the outer door skin sheet to define a cavity between the inner liner and the sheet. At least one cut-out or open section is removed from one of the horizontal side walls adjacent one of the corners to define at least one exposed edge extending along at least one of the vertical side wall, horizontal side wall and outer skin sheet of the door. A reinforcing corner bracket is positioned within the cavity adjacent the at least one cut-out or open section of the one horizontal side wall. The reinforcing corner bracket extends along and is secured to at least one of the one horizontal side wall and the adjacent vertical side wall. The door includes an epaulet cover extending over a portion of the one horizontal side wall, the one cut-out or open section and the at least one exposed edge. The epaulet cover has at least one first fastener for securing the epaulet cover tightly over the at least one exposed edge.
The reinforcing corner bracket preferably has a horizontal plate extending in abutting relation to the horizontal side wall, a load bearing portion recessed in spaced relation from the horizontal side wall and extending across the at least one cut-out or open section of the one horizontal side wall to engage the vertical side wall inwardly of the at least one exposed edge. The bracket has a first central opening in the recessed load bearing portion. The epaulet cover preferably has a second central opening aligned with, and of larger diameter than, the first central opening. The door further includes a thimble member having an elongate shaft inserted though the first central opening of each reinforcing corner bracket. The thimble member has a stepped flange head resting on the load bearing portion of the corner bracket for supporting a hinge pin on the stepped flange head within the second central opening of the epaulet cover.
The epaulet cover preferably has a flange depending therefrom and adapted to overlay an outside surface portion of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall. The first fastener preferably comprises a plurality of ribs extending from the epaulet cover adjacent the flange for engaging inside surface portions of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall.
The epaulet cover preferably includes at least one second fastener extending from the epaulet cover towards the reinforcing corner bracket for engagement thereto. The second fastener comprises an extension having a hook shaped end. The reinforcing corner bracket includes a corresponding slotted aperture through which the extension of the second fastener passes permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side or underside of the reinforcing corner bracket. The slotted aperture in the bracket is sized larger than the extension of the second fastener to permit lateral movement of the epaulet cover relative to the reinforcing corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For a better understanding of the nature and objects of the present invention reference may be had to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying diagrammatic drawings wherein:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a top mount refrigerator appliance having top and bottom doors constructed in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2
is a sectional view taken at lines
2
—
2
of
FIG. 1
showing the construction for a refrigerator door;
FIG. 3
is a perspective partially exploded view showing the outer door skin from an inside view with the corner reinforcing brackets assembled and the reinforcing tubes about to be assembled;
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the lower left hand bracket shown in
FIG. 3
relative to the side wall of the outer door skin;
FIG. 5
is an exploded view of the door corner construction and epaulet;
FIG. 6
is a front view looking up at the epaulet shown in
FIG. 5
;
FIG. 6A
is a side elevational view of the epaulet of
FIG. 6
; and
FIGS. 7 and 7
a
are sectional views showing the assembly of the corner reinforcement bracket and the epaulet for the refrigerator respectively at corners having a hinge pin and mounting cap.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
Referring to
FIG. 1
there is shown a refrigerator
10
comprising a cabinet
12
, a top door
14
and a lower door
16
. Each of doors
14
and
16
are shown in a closed position and in the preferred embodiment have a width of
30
inches or larger. The top door
14
is typically adapted to close the freezer food compartment
18
and the lower door
16
typically closes the fresh food compartment
20
. Of course it is understood that the position of the freezer compartment
18
relative to the fresh food compartment
20
could be reversed as in a bottom mount refrigerator, or alternatively, the invention has application in side-by-side refrigerator doors. However, in accordance with the present invention, the preferred refrigerator construction is that shown having doors
14
and
16
respectively closing the upper and lower food compartments
18
and
20
.
In
FIGS. 1
to
3
the construction of door
16
is shown. Door
16
has an outer metal panel
22
. Door panel
22
has a sheet or an outer skin
24
with upstanding or rearwardly extending curved vertical side walls
26
and flat horizontal side walls
27
. The vertical side walls
26
and horizontal side walls
27
extend towards each other and would normally meet at corners
29
. However, a cut-out or open section
64
is cut out from the horizontal side wall
27
at the corner
29
so that the horizontal side wall does not meet or join the vertical side wall
26
. The vertical and horizontal side walls
26
,
27
each further include in-turned flanges
28
that preferably extend parallel to the sheet
24
and overlap at the corners
29
.
Mounted on top of the in-turned flanges
28
of the door panel
22
is a inner door liner
30
of preferably plastic material. Liner
30
is spaced from the generally flat sheet
24
of the outer door panel
22
to define a cavity
32
. The liner
30
has dyke side walls
36
and an interior vertical wall
38
. Shelf supports
41
are integrally molded to walls
36
and
38
. The shelf supports
41
carry shelves
43
which in turn carry articles (not shown). The liner
30
includes a peripheral edge or flange
44
secured by suitable screw fasteners (not shown) to the in-turned flanges
28
of the outer door panel
22
. Mounted over the liner flange
44
and door panel flange
28
is a gasket
47
which seals the door in an airtight fashion with the refrigerator appliance
10
. Foamed insulation
48
fills the cavity or space
32
defined between the liner
30
and the outer panel
22
.
The refrigerator door
16
as shown in
FIGS. 3 through 7
has two unique features. The first unique feature resides in the use of brackets
60
, positioned at opposing corners
29
, and the reinforcing tube
83
that extends between the brackets
60
supporting the brackets
60
in the door cavity
32
. This feature improves the rigidity of the door
16
by providing localized corner reinforcement adjacent the vertical side walls
26
of the refrigerator door
16
. By using the bracket
60
and tube
83
in combination with the cut-out section
64
of the horizontal side wall
27
, the stresses associated with loading hinge pins
92
of the refrigerator door
16
are distributed through the bracket
60
and are not distributed directly to the outer skin
22
. Such direct distribution of force could otherwise cause large heavy doors
16
to warp over extended periods of use. The second unique feature relates to use of an epaulet cover
110
that covers exposed edges of the door corner
29
. The epaulet cover
110
covers the exposed edges and effectively joins the side walls of the door corner
29
eliminating the need for welding these side walls to each other at the corner
29
. The epaulet cover
110
also compensates for and hides manufacturing imperfections at the door corners
29
. The epaulet further improves the visual appearance of the door corners by smoothing the corners and eliminating the visual gap between the epaulet wall and door side walls.
Referring to
FIGS. 3
to
5
,
7
and
7
a
, the reinforcing corner brackets
60
are shown positioned within the cavity
32
adjacent to the corners
29
. Each bracket
60
comprises a plate
62
that extends across a removed or cut-out section
64
from the horizontal wall
27
at the corner
29
adjacent the vertical side wall
26
. The width of the bracket
60
is chosen to be substantially the width of the door
16
adjacent the horizontal wall
27
so that the bracket snugly fits into the door corners
29
.
The cut-out section
64
of the horizontal side wall
27
leaves exposed peripheral edges
66
,
66
a
,
66
b
,
66
c
respectively extending along the outer door skin
24
, the curved vertical side wall
26
, the in-turned flanges
28
, and along the horizontal side wall
27
. The exposes edge
66
,
66
a
,
66
b
,
66
c
and the removed section
64
can best be seen in FIG.
5
.
The bracket plate
62
has a first portion
68
which extends in abutting relation adjacent the horizontal side wall
27
. The corner bracket further includes a load bearing surface portion
70
that is recessed in spaced relation from the horizontal wall
27
. The load-bearing portion
70
extends across the removed horizontal wall section
64
to engage in abutting relation the inside surface
71
of the vertical side wall
26
.
The bracket plate
60
includes opposite side flanges
72
and an end flange
74
which depend from the bracket plate
60
towards the interior cavity
133
of the door. The opposite side flanges
72
respectively abut inside surfaces of the outer door skin
24
and the in-turned flange portions
28
associated with the horizontal side walls
27
. The opposite side flanges
72
and the first portion
68
are crimped at
77
by a crimping tool to engage the horizontal side wall
27
and the in-turned flange
28
in a tag and lock fastening arrangement.
The load bearing portion
70
of the bracket member
60
further includes a dependent ring or rim
80
. The reinforcing tube
83
, preferably metal, has opposed flared ends
85
placed around and engaging rim
80
of the load bearing bracket portion
70
of the bracket member
60
. The rim
80
defines a first central opening
87
into which a plastic thimble
84
is inserted in interference fit into the flared ends
85
of the metal tube
83
. The thimble
84
has a shaft
86
in interference fit with the metal tube
83
. The thimble
84
includes an out-turned head portion
88
which rests on the recessed load bearing surface portion
70
of the bracket member
60
. Mounted within the hollow thimble
84
is either an end cap
90
(
FIG. 7A
) or a hinge pin
92
(FIG.
7
). Hinge pin
92
is shown to have a central portion
97
which is of a greater diameter than the diametrically opposed hinge pins
98
. The diametrically opposed hinge pins
98
may be hollow to allow for the insertion or passage of conduit or wire along the metal tube between doors. The hinge pin central has threads
94
threadably mounted to a hinge bracket
95
mounted to the refrigerator cabinet. The hinge pin
92
is a central hinge pin for supporting doors
14
and
16
. Alternatively, hinge pin
92
could be a lower hinge pin or an upper hinge pin depending on its location.
The door tube
83
is typically foamed in place within the door to rigidly locate the opposing corner brackets
60
between the ends of the rigid tube
83
. The door corner reinforcing bracket
60
and metal tube
83
co-operate to reinforce the door corners
29
along the vertical side walls
26
of the refrigerator door
16
and to bear the load associated with the loading of the door
16
onto the hinge pin
92
. The bracket reduces the load transferred from the hinge pin
92
directly onto the horizontal side wall
27
and the outer door skin
24
. Consequently, the stresses and strains associated with door loading are not directly transferred from the area of the hinge pin
92
onto the outer skin
24
of the door
16
. The reduction in the transference of these stresses and the additional reinforcement provided by the metal bracket member
60
and the reinforcing metal tube
83
further rigidizes the door.
In order to assist in venting of gases from the door during the foaming of insulation into the door
16
, the horizontal portion
68
of the bracket member
60
extending adjacent the horizontal side wall
27
has a recess or opening
104
. Opening
104
is located adjacent a corresponding opening in the horizontal side wall
27
. Recess opening
104
is covered with a vent tape
106
which allows gases to escape through the wall
27
and yet prevents the escape of foam. The opening
104
is closed by cap
108
which is shown in
FIGS. 7 and 7A
secured by interference fit through the horizontal side wall
27
and the horizontal extending bracket portion
68
.
Referring to
FIGS. 5 through 7A
, the epaulet
110
used to cover the cut-out section
64
to complete the door
16
construction is shown. The epaulet
110
has a relatively flat and smooth outer surface
112
having a circular central recess
114
through which the thimble
84
passes. The epaulet
110
has a beveled corner
116
from which depends downwardly or rearwardly a peripheral flange
118
.
As shown in
FIG. 5
, the epaulet
110
is positioned over the cutout section
64
such that a flange
118
overlaps outside surface portions of the side wall
26
, outer skin
24
, and the in-turned flange at
28
of the door. The epaulet cover
110
further has a portion
112
that is adapted to overlay a portion of the horizontal side wall
27
.
As best seen in
FIGS. 6
,
7
and
7
A, a bottom surface
122
of the epaulet cover
110
has a series of first fasteners or ribs
124
. The ribs
124
are spaced a distance from the flange
118
that is equal to or slightly less than the thickness of the metal used in the outer door panel
22
. The ribs
124
are adapted to engage inside surface
71
of the vertical sidewall
26
and an inside portion of the other door skin
24
.
Thus, as the epaulet cover
110
is inserted onto the horizontal side wall
27
over the cut-out section
64
, the ribs
124
co-operate with the depending flange
118
to tightly secure the epaulet cover
110
over the exposed edges
66
,
66
a
, and
66
b
. The epaulet cover also overlays a portion of the horizontal side wall
27
covering the exposed edge
66
c.
As of the epaulet cover
110
, is moved into the position covering the cut-out section
66
, second fasteners or extensions
124
depending from the underside of the epaulet cover
110
pass through slotted apertures
128
located in the recessed load bearing surface portion
70
of the bracket
60
. The extensions
124
of the epaulet cover
110
have hooks
126
that engage the under surface of the bracket
60
preventing of the epaulet cover
110
from being pulled away from the bracket
60
. The slotted apertures
128
have a width of that is larger than the width of the extensions
124
so that relative lateral movement of the epaulet cover
110
with respect to the bracket
60
may occur in the longitudinal direction of the horizontal side wall
27
.
As best shown in
FIGS. 6
,
7
and
7
A, epaulet cover
110
has a depending circular rim
130
that rests on the recessed load bearing surface
70
of bracket
60
. The opening
114
within the rim
130
is aligned with the opening
87
of the bracket
60
and the opening
114
is slightly larger in diameter than the opening
87
of the bracket
60
. As a result the rim
130
defines an opening
87
that is adapted to receive hinge pin
92
in a manner that the hinge pin
92
does not translate any loading door forces onto the epaulet cover
110
. Hinge pin
92
loads the thimble
84
by resting on the head
88
of the thimble
84
which in turn rests on the recessed load bearing surface
70
. The head
88
of thimble
84
is spaced from the rim
130
and does not touch the rim
130
. Hence loading of the thimble
84
is not translated onto the epaulet cover
110
. The thimble
84
through its interference engagement with a the tube
83
supports the hinge pin
92
relative to the tube
83
with minimal loading of the bracket
60
and with substantially no loading of the epaulet cover
110
. This reduces stresses or loads associated with supporting the door
16
to the refrigerator through the hinge pin
90
from being distributed over the other door skin
24
of the door panel
22
.
In
FIG. 7
a
, a cap
90
replaces pin
92
. This permits the opposed vertical sides of the door
16
to be structurally symmetrical with one side of the door pivotally mounted to the cabinet and the other side of the door capped.
As is apparent from the foregoing disclosure, various other embodiments and alterations and modifications which may differ from the embodiments disclosed may be readily apparent to one skilled in the art. It should be understood that the scope of the patent shall be defined by the claims and those embodiments which come within the scope of the claims that follow.
Claims
- 1. A door for a refrigerator appliance comprising:an outer door panel having an outer skin sheet with rearwardly extending peripheral vertical and horizontal side walls, and a plurality of corners located between adjacent horizontal and vertical side walls; an inner door liner secured to the outer door panel spaced from the sheet to define a cavity between the inner liner and the outer door skin sheet; at least one open section in one of the horizontal side walls adjacent one of the corners to define at least one exposed edge extending along at least one of the vertical side wall, horizontal side wall and outer skin sheet of the door; a reinforcing corner bracket positioned within the cavity adjacent the at least one open section of the one horizontal side wall, the reinforcing corner bracket extending along and secured to at least one of the one horizontal side wall and the adjacent vertical side wall; and an epaulet cover extending over a portion of the one horizontal side wall, the one open section and the at least one exposed edge, the epaulet cover including at least one first fastener securing the epaulet cover tightly over the at least one exposed edge.
- 2. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 1 wherein the epaulet cover includes a flange depending therefrom and adapted to overlay an outside surface portion of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall, and wherein the first fastener comprises a plurality of ribs extending from the epaulet cover adjacent the flange for engaging at least an inside surface portion of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall.
- 3. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 2 wherein the epaulet cover includes at least one second fastener extending from the epaulet cover towards the reinforcing corner bracket for engagement thereto.
- 4. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 3 wherein the second fastener comprises an extension having a hook shaped end, and the reinforcing corner bracket includes a corresponding slotted aperture through which the extension of the second fastener passes permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side of the reinforcing corner bracket.
- 5. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 4 wherein the slotted aperture in the bracket is sized larger than the extension of the second fastener to permit lateral movement of the epaulet cover relative to the reinforcing corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
- 6. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 1 wherein the epaulet cover includes at least one second fastener extending from the epaulet cover towards the reinforcing corner bracket for engagement thereto.
- 7. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 6 wherein the second fastener comprises an extension having a hook shaped end, and the reinforcing corner bracket includes a corresponding slotted aperture through which the extension of the second fastener passes permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side of the reinforcing corner bracket.
- 8. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 7 wherein the slotted aperture in the bracket is sized larger than the extension of the second fastener to permit lateral movement of the epaulet cover relative to the reinforcing corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
- 9. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 1 wherein:the reinforcing corner bracket comprises a horizontal plate extending in abutting relation to the horizontal side wall, a load bearing portion recessed in spaced relation from the horizontal side wall and extending across the at least one open section of the one horizontal side wall to engage the vertical side wall inwardly of the at least one exposed edge, and a first central opening in the recessed load bearing portion; and, the epaulet cover includes a second central opening aligned with, and of larger diameter than, the first central opening.
- 10. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 9 further including a thimble member having an elongate shaft inserted though the first central opening of each corner bracket, and the thimble member having a stepped flange head resting on the load bearing portion of the corner bracket for supporting a hinge pin on the stepped flange head within the second central opening of the epaulet cover.
- 11. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 10 wherein the epaulet cover includes a flange depending therefrom and adapted to overlay an outside surface portion of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall, and wherein the first fastener comprises a plurality of ribs extending from the epaulet cover adjacent the flange for engaging at least an inside surface portion of at least one of the outer door skin and the vertical side wall.
- 12. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 11 wherein the epaulet cover includes at least one second fastener extending from the epaulet cover towards the reinforcing corner bracket for engagement thereto.
- 13. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 10 wherein the epaulet cover includes at least one second fastener extending from the epaulet cover towards the reinforcing corner bracket for engagement thereto.
- 14. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 13 wherein the second fastener comprises an extension having a hook shaped end, and the reinforcing corner bracket includes a corresponding slotted aperture through which the extension of the second fastener passes permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side of the reinforcing corner bracket.
- 15. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 14 wherein the slotted aperture in the bracket is sized larger than the extension of the second fastener to permit lateral movement of the epaulet cover relative to the reinforcing corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
- 16. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 12 wherein the second fastener comprises an extension having a hook shaped end, and the reinforcing corner bracket includes a corresponding slotted aperture through which the extension of the second fastener passes permitting the hook shaped surface to engage a rear side of the reinforcing corner bracket.
- 17. The door for a refrigerator appliance of claim 16 wherein the slotted aperture in the bracket is sized larger than the extension of the second fastener to permit lateral movement of the epaulet cover relative to the reinforcing corner bracket as the epaulet cover is secured over the at least one exposed edge.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
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Kind |
2273475 |
May 1999 |
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