Patent ID: 9021828
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigeration appliance comprising: a refrigerated cabinet including a cooled storage compartment; a door movable between a closed position closing the cooled storage compartment and an opened position allowing access to an interior of the cooled storage compartment, the door having an outer panel and a thermoformed liner attached to an inside of the outer panel, the thermoformed liner positioned at the cooled storage compartment when the door is in the closed position; an ice box frame attached to the thermoformed liner such that the ice box frame is positioned between the thermoformed liner and outer panel, the ice box frame being formed of injection molded plastic such that the ice box frame is more rigid than the thermoformed liner, the ice box frame defining an ice compartment therein, the ice box frame and the thermoformed liner being discrete from one another, the ice box frame having a back wall positioned at the outer panel, the ice box frame also haying side walls that extend from the back wall to the thermoformed liner, the thermoformed liner defining a passage for accessing the ice compartment of the ice box frame; an inner panel mounted to the thermoformed liner at the passage of the thermoformed liner in order to selectively enclose the ice compartment of the ice box frame, the inner panel positioned between the ice compartment of the ice box frame and the cooled storage compartment when the door is in the closed position; insulation extending between the outer panel and the thermoformed liner, the insulation also supporting the ice box frame between the outer panel and the thermoformed liner; and an ice maker and an ice storage bin located in the ice compartment, the ice maker mounted to the ice box frame within the ice compartment of the ice box frame.