Patent ID: 11874052
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A refrigerator appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating compartment comprising a plurality of cooling zones;
a cool air chamber provided in the cabinet and configured to supply cool air to the refrigerating compartment;
an air circulation duct system in fluid communication with the refrigerating compartment and the cool air chamber, the air circulation duct system comprising a plurality of ducts; and
a damper assembly connecting the plurality of ducts with the cool air chamber, the damper assembly selectively allowing air to pass through the plurality of ducts and the refrigerating compartment, the damper assembly comprising a plurality of sliders each comprising a pin and a plurality of doors, each door being movable between an open position and a closed position via a respective slider of the plurality of sliders, and wherein the damper assembly selectively allows air from the air circulation duct system to flow through the cabinet through at least one of the plurality of doors, wherein each door of the plurality of doors comprises:
a door body comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and
an arm extending from the proximal end of the door body, the arm being integrally formed with the door body, the arm comprising:
a first portion extending from the proximal end of the door body at an acute angle with respect to an axial direction, the first portion defining a first proximal end and a first distal end;
a second portion extending at a right angle from the first distal end of the first portion and defining a second proximal end and a second distal end, and
an elongated slot formed through the second portion, the pin being received within the elongated slot, wherein each door of the plurality of doors defines a pivot point provided at a junction between the first portion and the second portion of the arm at the distal end of the first portion.