Pilot feature for top hinge for refrigerator
OwnerHerbert Sabelhaus, Patrick Brauninventors
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An arrangement is provided for returning a removed hinge plate to a predetermined position on a refrigerator cabinet after the hinge plate has been removed. A screw plate is loosely movably positioned on an inside side of an outer wrapper of the refrigerator cabinet in a location approximating the location for the top hinge plate. The hinge plate is positioned on an outer surface of the outer wrapper and is removably secured to the screw plate. The hinge plate includes a recess area. A pilot plate is positioned on the outer surface of the outer wrapper, secured to the screw plate and being closely received in the recess area in the hinge plate. The pilot plate remains in position relative to the screw plate and the wrapper when the hinge plate is removed from the screw plate.
A refrigerator comprising:
An arrangement for returning a removed hinge plate to a predetermined position on a refrigerator cabinet after said hinge plate has been removed, comprising:
A method of attaching a hinge plate to a refrigerator cabinet outer wrapper such that the hinge plate may be removed and replaced on the wrapper in an originally set position, comprising the steps:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.