Refrigerator with improved door front and handle attachment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDavid N. Cherry, Donald G. Falk
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerated compartment with an access opening and a door mounted to selectively close the opening. The door includes vertically extending front and side walls. An elongated support member is removably mounted to each side wall by screws which extend through the side walls and are received in elongated stiffening members inside the door. A decorative cover overlies the front wall of the door and is removably secured to each support member. A handle is mounted to the front of the cover by screws which support the handle and cover from one of the support members.
Claims11
A refrigerator including:
- a refrigerated compartment having an access opening;
- a door mounted for pivotal movement to selectively close said access opening;
- said door including a vertically extending front wall bounded by a pair of spaced apart, vertically extending side walls;
- a pair of elongated support members, each of said support members being removably mounted to a corresponding door side wall;
- a decorative cover removably secured to said support members in overlying juxtaposition to said door front wall;
- a handle;
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- means removably mounting said handle on said cover in a position overlying a portion of the corresponding one of said support members;
- said means removably mounting said handle including elongated threaded shafts secured in said handle and extending through said cover and said portion of said corresponding support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.