US 12,292,227 B2
Refrigerator door with replaceable door panel
Xiaofeng Li, Qingdao (CN); Wenchun Wang, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Xuan Ji, Qingdao (CN); and Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to CHONGQING HAIER REFRIGERATOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., Chongqing (CN); QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 18/013,208
Filed by CHONGQING HAIER REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., Chongqing (CN); QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/100878
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/001696, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010623440.8 (CN), filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251023 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 2323/02 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator door with a replaceable door panel, wherein the refrigerator door comprises:
a foam door body, and a front panel detachably connected to the foam door body;
a first limiting member and a second limiting member are disposed on a front side of the foam door body;
a frame is sandwiched between the front panel and the foam door body, the frame is attached to a rear side of the front panel, a hook is disposed on the frame, and the hook has an insertion plate portion;
wherein when the front panel is assembled on the front side of the foam door body, the first limiting member, in cooperation with the insertion plate portion, limits a displacement of the front panel in a first direction; the second limiting member, in cooperation of the frame, limits a displacement of the front panel in a second direction;
wherein the first limiting member is a stopper which is disposed in a stopping groove of the foam door body, the insertion plate portion is inserted in the stopping groove, and the stopper elastically pushes and resists against the insertion plate portion in an up-down direction;
wherein the stopper comprises a body portion and an elastic portion, the elastic portion is disposed below the body portion, the elastic portion extends from an opening of the stopping groove towards rearward the stopping groove, and the elastic portion elastically pushes and resists against the insertion plate portion in the first direction.