Patent ID: 7559119

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining an interior compartment; a door, having a front face portion and a side edge, pivotally mounted to the cabinet for selectively accessing the interior compartment; and a universal handle for shifting the door relative to the cabinet, the universal handle configured to be mounted to the front face portion or alternatively to the side edge of the door, said universal handle including: a main body member including first and second end portions, said first; and second end portions including recessed sections having a mounting arrangement integrally formed therein; a first attachment member fastening the main body member to the door, said first attachment member being fixed to the mounting arrangement of the first end portion of the main body; and a second attachment member fastening the main body member to the door, said second attachment member being fixed to the mounting arrangement of the second end portion of the main body member, wherein both said first and second attachment members being selected from a first type for mounting the handle to the front face of the door or, alternatively, both said first and second attachment members being selected from a second type for mounting the handle to the side edge of the door, wherein each of the first and second attachment members of the first type is constituted by a clip and each of the first and second attachment members of the second type is constituted by a bracket.