US 12,449,188 B2
Refrigerator
Jongmoon Jang, Seoul (KR); and Joonyong Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,245.
Application 18/409,245 is a continuation of application No. 18/119,013, filed on Mar. 8, 2023, granted, now 11,906,238.
Application 18/119,013 is a continuation of application No. 17/350,279, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,624,548, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0073926 (KR), filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142163 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05D 11/0054 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/022 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet defining a storage space;
a hinge coupled to the cabinet, the hinge including:
a hinge bracket configured to be selectively positioned at one of a first location or a second location on the cabinet, and
a hinge shaft extending from the hinge bracket;
a door rotatably coupled to the hinge and configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, the door defining a front surface of the refrigerator and being configured (i) based on the hinge being positioned at the first location, to rotate around the hinge shaft in a first direction and (ii) based on the hinge being positioned at the second location, to rotate around the hinge shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction; and
a hinge cover configured to at least partially cover the hinge bracket, the hinge cover including (i) a cover body that has a front wall that extends above an upper wall of the cabinet and (ii) a mounting portion that is configured to accommodate the hinge, wherein the upper wall of the cabinet faces in an upward direction,
wherein at least a portion of the hinge and at least a portion of the mounting portion are positioned higher than the upper wall,
wherein a portion of the door extends above the upper wall of the cabinet such that an upper edge of the door is positioned higher than the upper wall,
wherein the portion of the door extending above the cabinet defines a recess configured to accommodate the hinge shaft,
wherein the door is configured, based on closing the storage space, to cover the front wall of the cover body, and
wherein the hinge cover defines an additional mounting portion that is defined at the front wall, the additional mounting portion and the mounting portion being provided as an additional mounting portion slot and a mounting portion slot, respectively, the additional mounting portion slot and the mounting portion slot being defined at opposing lateral end portions of the front wall.