Patent ID: 6036292
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A47B,E05D,E05Y,F25D

Abstract:
A refrigerator cabinet assembly comprising:a cabinet shell including a pair of laterally spaced side panels, each of which includes upper and lower end portions, a top panel interconnecting the upper end portions of the side panels, and an open frontal section permitting access to within the cabinet shell;a plastic kickface extending across the frontal section of the cabinet shell at the lower end portions of the side panels, said kickface having a forwardly exposed face portion;a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet shell about a substantially vertical axis, which extends adjacent one of the side panels, for movement between an open position, wherein access to within the cabinet shell is permitted, and a closed position, wherein the door extends across at least part of the open frontal section of the cabinet shell;a seal extending about an interior peripheral portion of the door, said seal being positioned directly adjacent the face portion of the kickface when the door assumes the closed position; anda generally vertically extending mullion bar for use in dividing the cabinet shell into separate fresh food and freezer compartments such that the refrigerator cabinet assembly constitutes a side-by-side refrigerator, said mullion bar being interconnected to the kickface.