Toe-kick

A toe kick for a refrigerator comprising:

• a single piece structure having an exposed substantially flat front surface disposed proximate a lower edge of a main body of the refrigerator;
• a plurality of horizontally oriented slots disposed on the front surface by which an air flow may be directed to cool a portion of a heat loop tube disposed below the refrigerator;
• a pair of opposed side flanges extending laterally from the front surface and providing a mounting structure by which the toe kick is attached to a front face of each of a pair of guide rails disposed below the main body of the refrigerator and upon a floor by which the refrigerator is supported, the pair of guide rails being affixed to a bottom wall of the main body along a pair of opposed lateral sides of the main body and extending between a rear wall and a front side of the main body;
• an upper flange extending rearwardly and orthogonally relative to the front surface between the pair of opposed side flanges;
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• a lower flange extending rearwardly and orthogonally relative to the front surface between the pair of opposed side flanges, wherein the lower flange comprises a pair of laterally extending mounting ears and a central rearwardly extending mounting ear.

A toe kick for a refrigerator comprising:

• a single piece structure having an exposed substantially flat front surface disposed proximate a lower edge of and extending across a frontal width of a front side of a main body of the refrigerator;
• a pair of opposed side flanges extending laterally from the front surface and providing a mounting structure by which the toe kick is attached to a front face of each of a pair of guide rails disposed below the main body of the refrigerator by each of the pair of opposed side flanges of the front surface and upon a floor by which the refrigerator is supported, the pair of guide rails being affixed to a bottom wall of the main body along a pair of opposed lateral sides of the main body and extending between a rear wall and a front side of the main body;
• a lower flange extending rearwardly and orthogonally relative to the front surface between the pair of opposed side flanges, wherein the lower flange comprises a plurality of laterally extending mounting ears and a central rearwardly extending mounting ear by which the toe kick is operably coupled with the bottom wall of the refrigerator;
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• a plurality of horizontally oriented slots disposed on the front surface by which an air flow may be directed to cool a portion of a heat loop tube disposed in a cavity below the refrigerator;
• wherein the toe kick extends across a frontal width of the main body and is mounted to a front face of each of the guide rails by a pair of opposed side flanges;
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• wherein the toe kick further comprises an upper flange extending rearwardly and orthogonally relative to the front surface between the pair of opposed side flanges, wherein the upper flange abuts the bottom wall of the refrigerator and cooperates with each of the pair of guide rails, the bottom wall, and the floor to define the cavity within which the portion of the heat loop tube is disposed.