Patent ID: 8845045
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A47F,E05D,E05F,E05Y,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A temperature-controlled case, comprising: a frame at least partially defining a temperature-controlled space; a door pivotable about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position, the door including a passage at least partially along the pivot axis; a door closure device having an elongated bar configured to bias the door toward the closed position, and the door closure device coupled to one of a top or a bottom of the door and to the frame; an electrical connectivity system including a first electrical connector axially aligned with the pivot axis and coupled to the other of the top or the bottom of the door and configured to engage a second electrical connector axially aligned with the pivot axis and coupled to the frame, wherein the first electrical connector extends along the pivot axis outside an external perimeter of the door and engages the second electrical connector outside the external perimeter of the door; the electrical connectivity system including a first annular coupling device attached to an outer perimeter surface of the door and having a central cavity within which the first electrical connector is at least partially disposed, and a second annular coupling device attached to an inner perimeter surface of the frame and having a central cavity within which the second electrical connector is at least partially disposed, the first and second annular coupling devices being removably engagable with one another via engagement features extending radially from circumferential surfaces thereof.