Patent ID: 8857206

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a door attached to the refrigerator cabinet; an ice and water dispenser mounted at the door for dispensing ice and water through the door; the ice and water dispenser including (a) a fill tube, (b) an ice tube, (c) a multifunction dispensing actuation pad positioned below the fill tube and the ice tube in a recessed cavity, the multifunction dispensing actuation pad having a pad surface and (d) a plurality of actuation points on the multifunction dispensing actuation pad arranged to allow for simultaneous activation of more than one of the actuation points when pressure is applied to the pad surface; wherein ice or water is dispensed upon selectively applying a pressure to the pad surface so as to activate one of the plurality of actuation points on the dispensing actuation pad; wherein the plurality of actuation points includes a first point associated with a first actuator and a second point associated with a second actuator and wherein the first point and the second point are on opposing sides of a pivot point of the multifunction dispensing actuation pad; wherein applying pressure to the first point actuates the first actuator thereby dispensing ice; wherein applying pressure to the second point actuates the second actuator thereby dispensing water.