US 12,253,298 B2
Refrigerator
Myeongseong Park, Seoul (KR); Daekil Kang, Seoul (KR); Ohchul Kwon, Seoul (KR); Sangho Jung, Seoul (KR); and Hyuncheol Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,400.
Application 18/242,400 is a continuation of application No. 17/350,298, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,796,243.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0073940 (KR), filed on Jun. 17, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0111948 (KR), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417476 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 23/10 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 23/066 (2013.01); F25D 23/10 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A door of an appliance, the door comprising:
a door body configured to open and close a storage space of the appliance; and
a panel that is detachably mounted on a front surface of the door body and defines a front surface of the door,
wherein the door body comprises:
a door liner that defines a rear surface of the door,
a front plate disposed forward relative to the door liner,
an upper cap decor that is disposed between the door liner and the front plate and that defines (i) an external surface of the door and (ii) a recessed space recessed downward relative to a top surface of the upper cap decor, the upper cap decor comprising an upper support end that extends forward toward the panel, that defines a part of the external surface of the door, and that has a bottom surface configured to contact an uppermost surface of the panel, and
an insulator provided in a space defined by the door liner, the front plate, and the upper cap decor,
wherein the uppermost surface of the panel extends rearward to a position below the bottom surface of the upper support end, and
wherein the upper support end comprises an upper restriction rib that protrudes downward from the bottom surface of the upper support end and passes through the uppermost surface of the panel.