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Appliance door interior with multi-color

Granted 23 Feb 2016 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Whirpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Jessica McConnell · Examiner: Ian Simmons

Application
29/450,160
filed 15 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D750141
granted 23 Feb 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the outside of a refrigerator in a closed configuration and including the appliance door interior with multi-color of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof in an open configuration showing the appliance door interior with multi-color;

FIG. 7 is a front plan view of the unclaimed cabinet interior of the present design;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the right side thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the left side thereof;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the right door of the appliance door interior with multi-color;

FIG. 11 is an elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the left door of the appliance door interior with multi-color;

FIG. 13 is an elevation view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of the refrigerator in the open configuration showing the appliance door interior with multi-color and, further with an unclaimed freezer drawer shown in an open configuration; and,

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the interior of the unclaimed freezer drawer.

The broken lines in the figures are for contextual purposes or show the environment and form no part of the claimed design.

The shaded portions within the dot-dash-dot-dash lines on the right door liner of the appliance are merely representative of the color of liner. The shaded portions on the right door represent the color silver, where the color silver has the following color characteristics according to the CIELAB System:

25 degree angle L 75.18 a +.21 b +2.70 45 degree angle L 59.40 a −1.59 b −2.33 75 degree angle L 49.36 a −2.96 b −5.82

The shaded portions within the dot-dash-dot-dash lines on the left door are merely representative of the color of the ice structure. The shaded portions represent the color gray, where the color gray color has the following color characteristics according to the CIELAB System:

›Tables in the description — 1
Illuminant AL 59.21a −.76b −1.78
Illuminant F2L 59.23a −.32b −1.72
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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/89

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2
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