Patent ID: 9400132
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A47F,F25D

Claim Text:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: an insulated cabinet configured to preserve food; an insulated door mounted on the insulated cabinet, the insulated door being configured to close the insulated cabinet, the insulated door comprising an inner wall; and an article dispenser comprising a dispensing portion and a mounting portion on a back side of the dispensing portion, the dispensing portion comprising a bottom wall, an article holding area, a step, and an article dispensing area including an opening in a lower portion of the article holding area, the article holding area being configured to position like articles in first and second columns, the article dispensing area receiving a bottom one of the articles positioned in the first column and holding the received article for retrieval by a user via the opening, the step having an upper surface elevated from the bottom wall and positioned to correspond with the second column, wherein an article positioned in the first column immediately above the received article is spaced from the upper surface of the step and rests on the received article, the step maintaining a bottom of an article positioned in the second column at a height above a height of a bottom of the received article in the article dispensing area, the mounting portion removably and slidably mounting the dispensing portion to the inner wall.