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Articulated freezer drawers

US8474928B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 2012
Grant dateJul 2, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 11, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D25/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slidably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.

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