Thimble system for use with common axis door-in-door assemblies

A door-in-door assembly for a cabinet defining a chamber and an opening to the chamber, the door-in-door assembly comprising:

• an inner door defining an upper rotational bore and a lower rotational bore;
• an outer door;
• an upper hinge assembly comprising:
• an upper thimble comprising an inner bearing surface defining a first passage and an outer bearing surface, wherein a first portion of the upper thimble is received in the upper rotational bore;
• an upper door plate defining a thickness and a first aperture through the thickness, a portion of the outer bearing surface received for rotation in the first aperture;
• an upper cabinet plate comprising an upper pivot pin, the upper pivot pin received in the first passage;
• and
• a lower hinge assembly comprising:
• a lower door plate defining a thickness and a second aperture through the thickness;
• a lower cabinet plate defining a thickness and a third aperture through the thickness;
• and
• a lower thimble comprising an inner bearing surface defining a third passage and an outer bearing surface, a first collar disposed on the outer bearing surface of the lower thimble proximate to a lower axial end of the lower thimble, and a second collar disposed on the outer bearing surface of the lower thimble, the second collar axially spaced from the first collar, the first collar and the second collar forming a circumferential groove around a perimeter of the outer bearing surface of the lower thimble, wherein the lower thimble is received in the second aperture such that the thickness of the lower door plate is received in the circumferential groove,
• wherein the outer door is supported for rotation at the outer bearing surface of the upper thimble and the inner bearing surface of the upper thimble is supported for rotation at the upper pivot pin for rotation of the inner door.