Patent ID: 6192630
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: E05D,E05Y,F25D

Abstract:
A door for a refrigerator appliance comprising:an outer door panel having an outer skin sheet with rearwardly extending peripheral vertical and horizontal side walls, and a plurality of corners located between adjacent horizontal and vertical side walls;an inner door liner secured to the outer door panel spaced from the sheet to define a cavity between the inner liner and the outer door skin sheet;at least one open section in one of the horizontal side walls adjacent one of the corners to define at least one exposed edge extending along at least one of the vertical side wall, horizontal side wall and outer skin sheet of the door;a reinforcing corner bracket positioned within the cavity adjacent the at least one open section of the one horizontal side wall, the reinforcing corner bracket extending along and secured to at least one of the one horizontal side wall and the adjacent vertical side wall; andan epaulet cover extending over a portion of the one horizontal side wall, the one open section and the at least one exposed edge, the epaulet cover including at least one first fastener securing the epaulet cover tightly over the at least one exposed edge.