Refrigerator door
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorKiyoung Lim
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Abstract
A refrigerator door is provided. The refrigerator includes a door body filled with an insulating material, an exterior member on a front surface of the door body, a home bar frame around an opening opened in a side of the door body, a home bar cover coupled to the home bar frame to support at least one end of the exterior member, and a home bar door pivotally coupled to the home bar frame to selectively shield the opening. The home bar door shields an exposed portion of the home bar cover when the home bar door is closed. Thus, an outer appearance of a front surface of the refrigerator is improved nearly to unity.
Claims14
A refrigerator door comprising:
- a door body having an access opening;
- a plurality of exterior members mounted on a front surface of the door body defining an outer surface of the refrigerator door;
- a home bar frame installed at the access opening;
- a home bar cover coupled to the home bar frame and configured to support the plurality of exterior members;
- a home bar door hingedly connected to the home bar frame and having a home bar exterior member;
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- a support portion forwardly protruded on the home bar cover supporting an edge of each exterior member of the plurality of exterior members and located between the edge of each of the exterior members and the home bar exterior member,
- wherein the home bar exterior member is formed of the same material as the plurality of exterior members, and
- wherein, when the home bar door is closed, the support portion is not exposed to the outside of the plurality of exterior members and the home bar exterior member.
A refrigerator door comprising:
- a door body through which an opening having a rectangular shape passes;
- a home bar door selectively shielding the opening;
- a door handle vertically disposed on a side of the door body;
- an exterior member on a front surface of the door body, the exterior member defining an outer surface of the door body, the exterior member including:
- an upper exterior member over the home bar door;
- a lower exterior member under the home bar door;
- a middle exterior member between the upper exterior member and the lower exterior member, the middle exterior member being in contact with an end portion of the door body and an end portion of the home bar door at a side corresponding to the door handle;
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- a home bar exterior member on a front surface of the home bar door, the home bar exterior member being in contact with end portions of the upper exterior member, the lower exterior member, the middle exterior member, and the door body, the home bar exterior member formed of the same material as the exterior members;
- a home bar frame installed at the opening;
- a home bar cover coupled to the front side of the home bar frame and configured to support the exterior members;
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- a support portion forwardly protruded on the home bar cover supporting an edge of each of the upper, lower and middle exterior members and located between the edge of each of the upper, lower and middle exterior members and the home bar exterior member,
- wherein, when the home bar door is closed, the support portion is not exposed to the outside of the upper, lower and middle exterior members and the home bar exterior member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.