US RE50,294 E1
Refrigerator and method for controlling the same
Eun Joo Lee, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR); and Hang Bok Lee, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,332.
Application 17/675,332 is a continuation of application No. 15/212,123, filed on Jul. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,271,668, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 15/212,123 is a continuation of application No. 14/724,980, filed on May 29, 2015, granted, now 9,510,696, issued on Dec. 6, 2016.
Application 14/724,980 is a continuation of application No. 13/390,946, granted, now 9,046,294, issued on Jun. 2, 2015, previously published as PCT/KR2011/000374, filed on Jan. 19, 2011.
Application 17/675,332 is a reissue of application No. 16/298,097, filed on Mar. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,568,440, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2010-0008977 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2010; and application No. 10-2010-0008978 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2010.
Int. Cl. A47F 3/04 (2006.01); A47F 3/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/0434 (2013.01) [A47F 3/001 (2013.01); A47F 3/005 (2013.01); A47F 3/043 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/04 (2013.01); F25D 23/065 (2013.01); F25D 27/00 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 2201/14 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2323/023 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01)] 51 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 56. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body defining a food storage compartment therein;
a light emitting part configured to emit light toward the food storage compartment;
a sub-door rotatably coupled to the main body;
a receiving basket provided at the sub-door; and
a compartment door rotatably coupled to the sub-door or to the main body, the compartment door comprising:
an outer door part made of a first transparent material, wherein the outer door part has an outer region that is provided around a boundary of the outer door part to define therein a viewing window having a first color and a first opacity to partially transmit the light from the light emitting part to an outside of the refrigerator at a reduced intensity, the outer region having a second opacity that is more opaque than the first opacity of the viewing window and being configured to block the light emitted from the light emitting part,
an inner door part made of a second transparent material and spaced apart from the outer door part,
an insulating space defined between the outer door part and the inner door part, and
a door handle including an upward recess that is defined behind the front panel at a bottom surface of the second door,
wherein the receiving basket is disposed to horizontally traverse and overlap the viewing window and is configured to be visible through the viewing window from the outside of the refrigerator,
wherein the sub-door includes a sub-door handle that protrudes from a front surface of the sub-door, the sub-door including a recess part that is recessed upward from a bottom surface of the sub-door handle, and
wherein the sub-door handle is configured, based on the compartment door being closed, to be covered by the door handle.]