US 12,460,856 B2
Refrigerator
Jonghyun Son, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seongwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taecheol Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Yountae Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,554.
Application 18/131,554 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014420, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0154990 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0081005 (KR), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243575 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage chamber within the main body; and
a door including:
a door body having an insulation inside the door body, the door body being rotatably coupled to the main body so that the door is rotatable to open and close the storage chamber,
a trim installing chassis detachably coupled to the door body and forming a side surface of the door, the trim installing chassis including a trim coupling portion protruding outward from the door, and the trim coupling portion including a protrusion inserting groove longitudinally extending from a top end of the trim installing chassis to a bottom end of the trim installing chassis,
a deco trim including a guide protrusion longitudinally extending from a top end of the deco trim to a bottom end of the deco trim and that is insertable into the protrusion inserting groove so that, when the guide protrusion is inserted into the protrusion inserting groove, the guide protrusion is slidable in the protrusion inserting groove in a longitudinal direction of the protrusion inserting groove to couple the deco trim to the trim coupling portion and so that, when the deco trim is coupled to the trim coupling portion, the deco trim forms an edge of the door, and
a door panel that, with the deco trim coupled to the trim coupling portion and forming the edge of the door, is detachably couplable to the door body so that the door panel forms a front surface of the door, and the door panel and the deco trim together form a front outer appearance of the door,
wherein, when the deco trim is coupled to the trim coupling portion and the door panel is coupled to the door body, the deco trim does not extend over the front surface.