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US 11,124,998 B1Granted
Molded frame for a reversible appliance door
AssigneeDometic Sweden AB
InventorsMark Raymond Fazi, Adam J. Warble, Mark L. Smith
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Abstract
A reversible door assembly is provided which allows for easy changing of a door swing direction without the need for any additional swing change kit and without the need for rotation of the door. The present embodiments provide a frame which utilizes removable pocket hinge elements which may be moved from one side of the frame to the other side in order to easily change the door swing direction.
Claims8
A reversible door assembly for an appliance, comprising:
- a door liner and gasket disposed on an inner side of said door liner;
- a door frame disposed on an outer side of said door liner, said door frame having a first vertical side, a second vertical side and an upper lateral member and a lower lateral member extending between the first and second vertical sides, said door frame being a molded, one-piece structure;
- said door frame having a first pair of pockets disposed adjacent to said first vertical side of said door frame and formed in said door frame;
- said door frame having a second pair of pockets disposed adjacent to said second vertical side of said door frame and formed in said door frame;
- a pair of pocket blanks and a pair of pocket hinge elements, said pair of pocket blanks disposed along one of said first or second pairs of pockets and said pair of pocket hinge elements disposed in the other of said first or second pairs of pockets;
- said pair of pocket hinge elements and said pair of pocket blanks being reversible between said first pair of pockets and said second pair of pockets of said door frame to reverse a swing direction of said reversible door assembly;
- and,
- said pair of pocket hinge elements each further comprising an insert portion that is positioned within the other of said first or second pairs of pockets, a brace spaced from the insert portion to receive the door frame therebetween, and a hinge portion that is either male or female and defines a pivot location that is spaced from the door frame.
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