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US 6,019,447 AGranted
Refrigerator with varying width fresh food and freezer compartments
AssigneeMaytag Corporation
InventorGary B. Jackovin
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AssigneeMaytag Corporation
InventorGary B. Jackovin
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A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the fresh food compartment is wider at an upper portion than at a lower portion thereof and the freezer compartment is wider at a lower portion than at an upper portion, while the overall cabinet width of the refrigerator does not deviate from that of a conventional side-by-side refrigerator arrangement. Due to the interior size alterations, the fresh food and freezer doors of the side-by-side refrigerator are correspondingly configured and a mullion dividing the two refrigerator compartments extends in laterally offset vertical planes. An ice and/or water dispenser can be provided, such as in the freezer door or fixed relative to the fresh food and freezer doors in a central zone which is arranged vertically and laterally between portions of the doors.
A refrigerator cabinet assembly comprising:
In a side-by-side refrigerator including a cabinet shell in which is defined laterally spaced fresh food and freezer compartments each being selectively accessed by pivoting a respective one of fresh food and freezer doors attached to the cabinet shell, the improvement comprising:
In a refrigerator including a cabinet shell in which is positioned fresh food and freeze liners respectively defining fresh food and freezer compartments each being selectively accessed by pivoting a respective one of fresh food and freezer doors attached to the cabinet shell and generally defining a front surface of the refrigerator, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.