Insulated refrigerator door assembly with substantially all glass front doors

The refrigerator door assembly comprising

• a metal cabinet frame for mounting in an opening of a refrigerator cabinet,
• an insulated glass door mounted for pivotal movement relative to said cabinet frame
• said door including a glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation including a forward glass pane and a rear glass pane, a spacer interposed between adjacent panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween, and means sealing said air space from the outside environment;
• an outer metal frame about the periphery of said glass unit for supporting the weight of said glass unit;
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• said metal frame including a unitary metallic frame member having a forward perimeter portion substantially in the plane of said forward glass pane disposed in outwardly spaced relation to the peripheral edge of said forward glass pane, said forward perimeter portion does not extend in front of said forward glass pane, thus defining a forwardly opening space about the outer peripheral edge of said forward glass pane and a rear portion extending inwardly behind said forward glass pane and rearwardly to a location in outwardly adjacent relation to the peripheral edge of said rear pane, and
• a moulding disposed within said space between said forward frame perimeter portion and the peripheral edge of said forward glass pane.

The refrigerator door assembly comprising

• a metal cabinet frame for mounting in an opening of a refrigerator cabinet,
• an insulated glass door mounted for pivotal movement relative to said cabinet frame
• said door including a glass unit having a plurality of glass panes disposed in side-by-side relation including a forward glass pane and a rear glass pane, a spacer interposed between adjacent panes for maintaining said panes in parallel relation with an air space therebetween;
• an outer metal frame about the periphery of said glass unit for supporting the weight of said glass unit;
• adhesive means securing said glass unit within said metal frame;
• said forward glass pane extending substantially to the outer perimeter of said door;
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• said metal frame having a forward perimeter portion substantially in the plane of said forward glass pane, said forward perimeter portion does not extend in front of said forward glass pane;
• masking means on an inside face of said forward glass pane about the periphery thereof for preventing viewing of said adhesive and spacer through said forward glass pane from a front side thereof while permitting unobstructed viewing of the interior of the refrigerator cabinet within which said door assembly is mounted.