Patent ID: 6871385

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining an interior compartment; at least one door, having a front face portion, pivotally mounted to the cabinet for selectively accessing the compartment; a handle assembly for pivoting the door relative to the cabinet, said handle assembly including: a plurality of base members fixed to the door at spaced locations along the front face portion; a handle member including first and second end portions separated by an intermediate portion, said first end portion being positioned over at least one of the base members and said second end portion being positioned over at least another one of the base members such that the first and second end portions of the handle member extend along the front face portion of the door, each of said plurality of base members and said handle member including mating surfaces which co-act along tapered portions thereof to draw said handle member to the front face portion of the door upon shifting of the handle member relative to the plurality of base members along the front face portion of the door; and at least one fastener for securing the handle member to the door, with the intermediate portion being spaced from the front side of the door to enable the handle to be grasped in order to selectively open and close the door.