US 12,449,184 B1
Refrigerator door with replaceable door panel
Wenchun Wang, Qingdao (CN); Hao Zhang, Qingdao (CN); Enpin Xia, Qingdao (CN); and Tong Xu, 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. 18/013,226
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/CN2021/100880
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/001697, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010623430.4 (CN), filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 2400/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator door with a replaceable door panel, wherein the refrigerator door comprises:
a foam door body, and a decorative panel detachably connected to the foam door body;
a press latch and a limiter are disposed on the foam door body;
a first hook and a second hook opposed to each other are disposed on a rear side of the decorative panel facing towards the foam door body, a lock hole being disposed on the first hook;
wherein when the decorative panel is assembled to a front side of the foam door body, a front end of the press latch catches the lock hole to limit a displacement of the decorative panel in an up-down direction; the second hook engages the limiter to limit a displacement of the decorative panel in a front-rear direction;
wherein the press latch comprises a button assembly, a first locking hook and a second locking hook, wherein when the button assembly is in an unpressed state, the first locking hook interlocks with the second locking hook, and a front end of the first locking hook is locked in the lock hole;
wherein the foam door body comprises a peripheral trim strip, a receiving hole is disposed in the peripheral trim strip, and the button assembly is received in the receiving hole;
wherein the button assembly comprises a button portion and a push rod portion, and the button portion is exposed from the receiving hole;
wherein the button assembly comprises a compression spring concentrically disposed around an outer circumferential surface of the push rod portion and received in the receiving hole, wherein a resisting portion protrudes from an interior of the receiving hole, and opposite ends of the compression spring elastically abut against the button portion and the resisting portion, respectively.