Patent ID: 9557095
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C,F25D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A refrigerator door lock for selectively locking at least one door of a refrigerator into a closed position in which a door seal of the at least one door maintains sealing engagement with a door face of the refrigerator and access to an internal compartment for storing cooled items is prevented, said refrigerator door lock comprising: an anchor including an outer periphery sized to fit on the door face of the refrigerator adjacent to the door seal of the at least one door of the refrigerator when the at least one door of the refrigerator maintains the closed position and the door seal of the at least one door engages the door face of the refrigerator, the anchor having a refrigerator fastener operable to selectively secure said anchor to the door face of the refrigerator in a chosen position, wherein the door seal defines a gap between the at least one door and the door face when the at least one door maintains the closed position and wherein the anchor is at least partially located in the gap when the at least one door maintains the closed position; a catch; an extension extending from said catch, said extension selectively securable to said anchor in a secured position; and said catch sized to overlap the at least one door of the refrigerator when said catch is secured to said anchor and said anchor is secured to the door face of the refrigerator adjacent to the door seal of the at least one door when the at least one door of the refrigerator maintains the closed position and the door seal of the at least one door engages the door face of the refrigerator, said extension having a length between said catch and said anchor when said extension is secured to said anchor, said length sized so that, with said anchor secured to the door face adjacent to the door seal of the at least one door and said at least one door of the refrigerator in the closed position and said extension secured to said anchor, said catch engages the at least one door of the refrigerator to hold it in the closed position.