Patent ID: 9696084
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the refrigerator appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a first food storage chamber, the first food storage chamber extending between a top portion and a bottom portion along the vertical direction, a first side portion and a second side portion along the lateral direction, and a front portion and a back portion along the transverse direction, the front portion of the first food storage chamber defining an opening for receipt of food items; an inner door comprising an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, the inner door positioned at the front portion of the food storage chamber and movable between a closed position and an open position to selectively sealingly enclose the first food storage chamber; an outer door rotatably mounted to the outer surface of the inner door, the outer door comprising an outer surface and an opposing inner surface; a second food storage chamber defined between the inner door and the outer door, the outer door movable between an open position and a closed position to permit selective access to the second food storage chamber; a light positioned for illuminating the first food storage chamber and the second food storage chamber; a switch positioned within the cabinet and in operative communication with the light; an actuator movable between a forward position proximate the outer surface of the inner door and a back position proximate the inner surface of the inner door, wherein the actuator engages the switch to deactivate the light when the inner door is in the closed position and the actuator is in the back position; and a biasing member engaged with the actuator to bias the actuator towards the forward position.