Patent ID: 11867451
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 19:
20. The refrigerator of claim 14, wherein:
the outer wrapper includes a flat outer surface that faces away from the vacuum cavity, wherein the flat outer surface extends around the outer wall forming the protrusion;
the inner liner includes a flat surface facing the food storage space and extending around and intersecting an inner end of the passthrough surface;
the distance between the flat outer surface of the outer wrapper and the flat surface of the inner liner defining a sidewall thickness;
the outer wall forming the protrusion extends outwardly away from the flat outer surface of the outer wrapper,
the resilient insulating member includes a first end surface, wherein the first end surface of the resilient insulating member abuts the inner surface of the flange at the outer end of the projection, the resilient insulating member including a second end surface that faces inwardly towards the food storage space;
wherein a distance between the first and second end surfaces of the resilient insulating member defines a dimension that is greater than the sidewall thickness.