Refrigerator door with thermal insulated outer frame

A refrigerator door assembly comprising a metal cabinet frame for mounting in a cabinet opening, an insulated glass door mounted for movement relative to said cabinet frame, said glass door comprising an insulated glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation, a metal spacer interposed between adjacent of said panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, means sealing said air space from the outside environment, an outer metal structural frame member about the periphery of said glass unit for supporting the weight of said glass unit, said outer structural frame member having a front wall disposed adjacent a front side of said glass unit and an outer side wall extending rearwardly thereof and encompassing substantially the outer periphery of said glass unit, and means formed of rigid non-metallic material engaged with said outer metal frame member in interposed relation between said outer metal frame member and said insulated glass unit for retaining the glass unit within the outer metal frame and for forming a thermal insulating barrier between the outer metal frame and the glass unit, and said barrier and retaining means including a pair of barrier members disposed in side by side relation adjacent the outer periphery of said glass unit, each said barrier member having a leg portion disposed on a respective side of said glass unit for engaging and positively retaining said glass unit.

An insulated door comprising

• a glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation, a spacer interposed between adjacent of said panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, and means sealing said air space from the outer side environment,
• an outer metal frame about the periphery of said glass unit,
• means formed of rigid non-metallic material interposed between the outer metal frame and said insulated glass unit for retaining the glass unit within the outer metal frame and for forming a thermal insulating barrier therebetween,
• said retaining and barrier means including a pair of barrier members disposed in side-by-side relation adjacent the outer periphery of said glass unit, and one of said barrier members being mounted adjacent a front side of said glass unit and the other said barrier member being mounted adjacent the rear side of said glass unit, and each of said barrier members having a leg portion disposed on a respective side of said glass unit, and
• means fixedly securing one of said barrier members to said outer metal frame, and the other of said barrier members being adapted for snap action engagement with said outer metal frame.