Patent ID: 7472974
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A household refrigerator comprising: a cabinet that defines at least one chilled chamber with an open face; a door movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively close the open face of the chilled chamber and having an inner surface facing the chilled chamber when the door closes the chilled chamber; a storage bin having a peripheral wall that defines a recess and terminates at an upper edge defining an opening, the storage bin pivotally mounted to the door for movement between an opened position where the recess can be accessed through the opening and a closed position where the opening is sealed with the door; a pair of pivot members on a bottom portion of storage bin; and a receiving portion configured to receive the pivot members in the door, the receiving portion defining a pivot axis for movement of the storage bin between the open and closed positions, wherein the pivot axis is located substantially center of the storage bin, such that a center of gravity of the storage bin varies between the open and closed position.