Patent ID: 7870754
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a fresh food compartment within the cabinet; an ice compartment; an ice bin removably mounted in the ice compartment for storing ice within the ice compartment; an ice maker in the ice compartment; a cover, the cover being moveable between an open position to allow access to the ice bin and a closed position to prevent cold air from leaking from the ice compartment into the fresh food compartment; a latch mechanism on the cover with a latch member normally biased into a locked position and a finger activated release to move the latch member into an unlocked position; and a catch, wherein when the cover is in the closed position and the latch member is in the locked position the catch is engaged by the latch member such that the latch member retains the cover in the closed position, and further wherein when the latch member is in the unlocked position the latch member is free from the catch such that the catch will not impede movement of the cover from the closed position to the open position.