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US 9,475,110 B2Granted
Integrated door/drawer handle
AssigneeThe Delfield Company, LLC
InventorsNick Richard Derry, Janice M. Jaferian
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a single piece sheet metal design incorporating two individual hem bend configurations forming the door/drawer front, a functional door/drawer handle, and a gasket protecting barrier.
Claims20
An integrated door/drawer and handle comprising:
- a first side wall having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- and
- a second side wall having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- wherein said first and second side walls are disposed substantially adjacent to one another and disposed apart from one another by a thickness;
- wherein said first end portions of each of said first side wall and said second side wall are substantially adjacent to one another,
- wherein said second end portion of said first side wall terminates or protrudes beyond said second end portion of said second side wall, thereby forming the handle therebetween,
- wherein said second side wall has an outer surface that is coplanar to and the same surface as a front panel portion of said door/drawer, and
- wherein said integrated door/drawer and handle is formed from a single sheet of metal.
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A method for forming a door/drawer with an integrated handle comprising:
- selecting a single sheet panel, wherein said single sheet panel has a front panel surface defining a front panel surface of said door/drawer;
- first bending said front panel surface of said door/drawer door to form a first hem, thus yielding said handle having an interior handle surface and outer handle surface;
- wherein said outer handle surface is coplanar to and the same surface as said front panel surface of said door/drawer;
- second bending said interior handle surface thus yielding a trough surface;
- third bending said trough surface thus yielding an interior gasket barrier surface;
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- fourth bending said interior gasket barrier surface with a second hem, thus yielding a gasket barrier,
- wherein said integrated door/drawer and handle is formed from said single sheet panel.
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A cabinet assembly comprising:
- an opening in a cabinet defined by a first fixed member having a first front face and a second fixed member having a second front face, wherein said first and second front face are coplanar;
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- an integrated door/drawer and handle disposed in the opening, the integrated door/drawer and handle having a first side wall having a first end portion and a second end portion and a second side wall having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- wherein said first and second side walls are disposed substantially adjacent to one another and disposed apart from one another by a thickness;
- wherein said first end portions of each of said first side wall and said second side wall are substantially adjacent to one another,
- wherein said second end portion of said first side wall terminates or protrudes beyond said second end portion of said second side wall, thereby forming the handle therebetween,
- wherein said second side wall has an outer surface that is coplanar to and the same surface as a front panel portion of said door/drawer, and
- wherein said integrated door/drawer and handle is formed from a single sheet of metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.