US 12,339,054 B2
Refrigerator door with replaceable door panel
Xiaofeng Li, Qingdao (CN); Wenchun Wang, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Xuan Ji, Qingdao (CN); and Jiaming Li, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to CHONGQING HAIER REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., Chongqing (CN); QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 18/012,971
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/CN2021/100875
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/001693, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010621496.X (CN), filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251020 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); A47B 96/20 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [A47B 96/20 (2013.01); A47B 2096/208 (2013.01); A47B 2096/209 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator door, comprising a foam door body, and a door panel detachably connected with the foam door body; wherein the foam door body comprises: a foam main body, and a hook-catching portion is inserted to a front surface of the foam main body; the door panel comprises a door panel face and a hook disposed on a rear surface of the door panel, the hook is disposed in engagement with the hook-catching portion;
wherein the hook-catching portion comprises a first groove by recessing into an interior of the foam main body relative to the front surface of the foam main body, and the first groove has a first surface disposed close to an upper end of the foam main body, a second surface connected to the first surface and disposed close to the foam main body, and a third surface and a fourth surface connected to the first surface and second surface, respectively;
the first surface is an inclined surface disposed inclined from down to up and towards outside the first groove;
the hook-catching portion further comprises a first inclined surface being configured to be spaced apart from the third surface and the fourth surface, and to protrudingly extend from the second surface to face the first surface, where the first surface and the first inclined surface are parallel to each other, a first sliding groove is formed between the first surface and the first inclined surface, and an entrance to the first sliding groove is formed between ends of the first surface and the first inclined surface to be exposed at the front surface of the foam main body; a second sliding groove is formed between the third surface and one sidewall beside the first inclined surface, and a third sliding groove is formed between the fourth surface and another sidewall beside the first inclined surface;
the hook comprises a first sliding rod disposed in parallel with the door panel, and two second sliding rods connecting the first sliding rod with the door panel;
the first sliding rod is disposed in the first sliding groove, and spaced apart from the entrance to the first sliding groove; the two second sliding rods are disposed in the second sliding groove and the third sliding groove, respectively.