Refrigerator with upper French style doors
Granted 7 Sep 2004 · no office action yet
Assignee: Maytag Corporation
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Inventors: Brian S. Guptill, Richard Allan Kirchner, Greg A. Scorpil, John J. Pink +1 · Examiner: Mitchell Siegel · AU 2912 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of a refrigerator including closed, upper French style fresh food compartment doors and a lower freezer door/drawer, showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1 with the upper French style doors closed;
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the right side of the refrigerator of FIG. 1, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a top right perspective view of the refrigerator of the invention, with the upper French style doors shown open;
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5.
The broken lines in FIGS. 1-8 showing door handles and hinges, the pivoting mullion carried by one of the upper French style doors as shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 6 and 8, and the upper fresh food compartment mounted mullion guide of FIGS. 5-8 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.
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