Patent ID: 7188479

Claim:
An ice maker and dispenser for a bottom freezer refrigerator comprising: a freezer compartment maintained at a temperature below 0° C.; a refrigerator compartment positioned above the freezer compartment maintained at a temperature above 0° C.; an insulated freezer compartment door; an insulated refrigerator compartment door liner; a refrigeration system for cooling the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment; an ice maker positioned in an insulated ice maker sub-compartment on the refrigerator compartment door liner; an insulated ice cube storage bin positioned on the refrigerator door liner below the ice maker; an ice dispenser positioned on the refrigerator door liner below the ice cube storage bin for dispensing ice pieces from the ice cube storage bin through the refrigerator door liner; an air delivery system leading to the ice maker and ice cube storage bin from a source of below 0° C. air for supplying air cooled to below 0° C. to the ice maker and to the storage bin; and wherein the ice cube storage bin is positioned in an insulated ice cube storage bin sub-compartment, the ice cube storage bin sub-compartment comprises a space enclosed by an insulated cover pivotally mounted on the refrigerator door liner, and wherein the insulated cover includes a gasket for forming a seal to the refrigerator door liner.