Patent ID: 7197792
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: E05B,F25D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door handle for a refrigerator, comprising: a pair of bar holders each including a fixing portion mountable to an upper or lower portion on a side of a door and a coupling portion extending from the fixing portion; a vertically extending handle bar including upper and lower ends into which the coupling portions are inserted and coupled, the handle bar having a substantially constant cross-section between the upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends having a cutaway portion such that the cross-section of each upper and lower end is different from the substantially constant cross-section between the upper and lower ends; and fixing means including fitting grooves and fitting ribs provided in the bar holders and on the handle bar on the cutaway portions, respectively, at positions corresponding to each other to fix the bar holders to the handle bar, such that any one of the fitting grooves and fitting ribs are vertically fitted into or around the other when the coupling portions are inserted into the upper and lower ends of the handle bar.