Patent ID: 11971208
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An insulation system for an appliance, comprising:
a first vacuum insulated structure having a first set of sidewalls that define a first refrigerating compartment;
a second vacuum insulated structure having a second set of sidewalls that define a second refrigerating compartment; and
a medial insulation structure having a rigid perimeter wall that extends around an outer perimeter of the medial insulation structure and having a first edge and a second edge that define an insulating cavity that is filled with an insulating material, the first edge opposing the second edge, wherein
the insulating material is contained within the rigid perimeter wall and between the first edge and the second edge; and
the first vacuum insulated structure engages and is supported by the first edge of the rigid perimeter wall and the second vacuum insulated structure engages the second edge of the rigid perimeter wall to separate the first vacuum insulated structure and the second vacuum insulated structure from one another, including separating a first outer wrapper of the first vacuum insulated structure from a second outer wrapper of the second vacuum insulated structure.