Patent ID: 11874053
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A door panel for a refrigerating appliance, the door panel comprising:
an inner liner;
an outer wrapper attached to the inner liner and defining an insulating structure with an insulating cavity disposed therein;
an insulating material defined within the insulating cavity;
a dispenser structure defined within a portion of the inner liner and the outer wrapper, wherein the dispenser structure defines an insulated dispenser portion therein, wherein the insulating cavity is a single and continuous cavity that extends between the inner liner and the outer wrapper and through the insulated dispenser portion of the dispenser structure; and
a dispenser conduit defined by an interior trim breaker that extends from an interior area disposed above the dispenser structure to an external dispensing cavity and passing through the insulated dispenser portion, wherein the inner liner and the outer wrapper includes a deep-drawn portion that defines the dispenser structure, wherein the inner liner and the outer wrapper each include a respective upturned flange that is directed away from the external dispensing cavity, the dispenser conduit having a liner channel that engages the respective upturned flange of the inner liner and a wrapper channel that engage the respective upturned flange of the outer wrapper, and wherein the wrapper channel has a diameter that is smaller than the respective upturned flange of the inner liner to pass through the inner liner and engage the respective upturned flange of the outer wrapper within the insulating cavity.