US 12,442,586 B2
Refrigerator appliance
Abhishek Awachat, Pune (IN); Ruturaj Kadam, Pune (IN); George Theng Ching Ooi, Saint Joseph, MI (US); and Shailesh Wani, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,982.
Prior Publication US 2024/0210096 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05B 1/0015 (2013.01); F25D 23/021 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining an internal cavity;
a door secured to the cabinet and configured to slide into an out of the internal cavity, the door having (i) a front panel, (ii) a ledge extending inward relative to the front panel, (iii) an offset panel extending upward from a rear end of the ledge to a top of the door, and (iv) a protrusion extending upward from a front end of the ledge and the front panel, wherein (a) a pocket handle is defined above the ledge and between the protrusion and the offset panel, (b) a lower end of the offset panel is sloped toward the front panel such that a back side of the pocket handle tapers away from the offset panel and toward the front panel along the lower end of the offset panel (c) an upper end of the protrusion is sloped toward the offset panel such that a front side of the pocket handle tapers away from the front panel and toward the offset panel along the upper end of the protrusion, (d) at least a portion of the pocket handle forms a parallelepiped shape, and (e) a sloped surface of the protrusion is parallel to a slope of the lower end;
a projection disposed between a top and a bottom of the protrusion and extending toward the front panel; and
an insulation material extending around the projection and between the projection and the front panel.