Method and apparatus for rotating a pocket recess of a freezer door
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsPierce R. Woodling, Eric Scalf
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Abstract
An appliance having at least a freezer compartment. The appliance may include a at least one freezer door accessing the freezer compartment. The freezer door may include one or more pocket recesses. The freezer door may include one or more articulating feet positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The appliance may include one or more freezer racks.
Claims21
An appliance having a freezer compartment comprising:
- a housing having the freezer compartment and defining an opening into the freezer compartment;
- a freezer door hingedly attached adjacent the opening into the freezer compartment to the housing, and wherein the freezer door is positionable between a closed position and an open position relative to the opening into the freezer compartment;
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- wherein the freezer door includes a pocket recess, wherein the pocket recess is defined by a first portion, wherein the first portion is pivotably connected to a remaining portion of the freezer door.
A freezer door hingedly attached to an appliance and positionable between a closed position and an open position, the freezer door comprising:
- a top wall, a front wall, and opposing side walls;
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- a pocket recess intersecting both the top wall and the front wall, wherein the pocket recess includes a first portion pivotable connected to a remaining portion of the freezer door.
A method of articulating a freezer door comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing having a freezer compartment defining an opening into the freezer compartment and a freezer door hingedly attached adjacent the opening into the freezer compartment to the housing, and wherein the freezer door is positionable between a closed position and an open position relative to the opening into the freezer compartment, and wherein the freezer door includes a pocket recess pivotably connected to a remaining portion of the freezer door;
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- pivoting a portion of the pocket recess to position the freezer door to the open position relative to the opening into the freezer compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.