US 11,808,515 B2
Can dispenser rack for refrigerator door
Nilton Bertolini, Clinton, TN (US); and Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgerate GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,482.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280091 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 25/04 (2006.01); F25D 23/08 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 25/04 (2013.01) [F25D 23/04 (2013.01); F25D 23/08 (2013.01); F25D 31/007 (2013.01); F25D 2331/805 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A can dispenser rack for a refrigerator door, comprising:
a housing which has a rear wall, two side walls extending from the rear wall, a central partition portion extending from the rear wall between the two side walls, and a bottom wall portion, with the two side walls having L-shaped front flanges turned inwardly to face each other when viewed from above, and the central partition portion having a T-shaped front flange when viewed from above,
wherein the rear wall, the two side walls, the central partition portion, the L-shaped and T-shaped front flanges, and the bottom wall portion define two vertical side-by-side can receiving receptacles each having a top opening for loading cans and a lower opening for removal of cans, with each said can receiving receptacle being configured to receive a plurality of cans stacked on sides thereof in a single column,
wherein at the top opening of each said can receiving receptacle, the rear wall has a portion that flares back rearward such that the top opening of each said can receptacle is wider in a front to rear direction as compared to a remainder of each said can receiving receptacle, and
wherein the bottom wall portion has at least one rounded inner portion shaped to receive a side wall of a bottommost can in each said can receiving receptacle, and at least one can retaining lip portion extending up from a front of the bottom wall portion to define a lower edge of the lower opening in each said can receiving receptacle.