Reinforced refrigerator cabinet closing drawer
US6609774B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D23/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A refrigerator with a pull out drawer has plastic cabinet and drawer liners and a closed reinforcing assembly mounted within the drawer and cabinet for supporting loads carried by the drawer. The assembly has a reinforcing brace secured within the drawer having two spaced apart wing members and a cross member connected to and extending between the wing members adjacent an inside surface of the inner liner. The assembly has a pair of telescopically extendable guide rails each mounted to one of the opposing liner side walls of the cabinet and the through the liner of the drawer to support the drawer for relative movement with the cabinet. The cabinet has a pair of reinforcing bracket members located therein each having a side reinforcing portion extending adjacent a corresponding one of the guide rails and mounted to the liner side wall by fasteners passing through the guide rails and liner side walls. The reinforcing bracket members each having a rear wall portion extending orthogonal from the respective side reinforcing portions adjacent to and in contact with the rear wall of the interior liner secured to each other to form a continuous arm to interconnect and reinforce the side r…
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