Herb storage assembly for a refrigerator appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSrikanth Madderla, Soumya Bhardwaj, Srinivas Pasham
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Abstract
An herb storage assembly for storing herbs within a refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a chilled chamber and a dispensing assembly including a water supply port for selectively discharging a flow of water. The herb storage assembly includes a lower housing defining a water reservoir and a docking port mounted to the lower housing, the docking port being configured for engaging the water supply port to receive the flow of water into the water reservoir. An herb container is seated at least partially within the water reservoir and defines a storage volume for receiving and storing herbs.
Claims20
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chilled chamber;
- a door being rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber;
- a dispensing assembly comprising a water supply port for selectively discharging a flow of water;
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- an herb storage assembly for storing herbs, the herb storage assembly comprising:
- a lower housing defining a water reservoir;
- a docking port mounted to the lower housing, the docking port being configured for engaging the water supply port to receive the flow of water into the water reservoir;
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- an herb container defining a storage volume, the herb container being seated at least partially within the water reservoir.
An herb storage assembly for storing herbs within an appliance, the appliance comprising a dispensing assembly comprising a water supply port for selectively discharging a flow of water, the herb storage assembly comprising:
- a lower housing defining a water reservoir;
- a docking port mounted to the lower housing, the docking port being configured for engaging the water supply port to receive the flow of water into the water reservoir;
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- an herb container defining a storage volume, the herb container being seated at least partially within the water reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.