Refrigerator with surround illumination feature

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a liner having a plurality of walls defining a compartment, and a front edge defining an opening into the compartment, wherein the liner further includes a transverse portion that is inwardly angled and positioned between the compartment and the front edge of the liner;
• a thermal bridge having a coupling portion coupled to the front edge of the refrigerator liner;
• an outwardly opening channel disposed between the transverse portion of the liner and the coupling portion of the thermal bridge;
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• a lighting assembly received in the outwardly opening channel, wherein the lighting assembly is substantially disposed around an entirety of the opening into the compartment.

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a refrigerator liner having a quadrilateral front edge and an outer surface;
• a thermal bridge having an outer surface and a coupling portion coupled to the front edge of the refrigerator liner, wherein a channel is formed between the outer surface of the refrigerator liner and the outer surface of the thermal bridge, and further wherein the outer surface of the refrigerator liner is aligned with the outer surface of the thermal bridge;
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• a lighting assembly received in the channel, wherein the lighting assembly is substantially disposed around an opening into a refrigerator compartment defined by the refrigerator liner, and further wherein the lighting assembly includes an outer surface disposed in a same plane as the outer surface of the thermal bridge and the outer surface of the liner.