Patent ID: 7469553

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: an insulated cabinet defining a refrigerated storage space; a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet for selectively opening and closing the refrigerated storage space having an exterior face; an ice maker in the refrigerated storage space arranged to make and harvest ice pieces; an ice delivery system on the inside of the door for dispensing ice pieces into a dispenser cavity in the exterior face of the door including: an ice bin including a generally open top and having a bottom opening, the ice bin being pivotally mounted below the ice maker to receive ice pieces harvested by the ice maker and to discharge ice pieces through the bottom opening and the ice delivery system in a first position, and to tilt out to permit access to ice pieces in a second position when the door is open; a pair of pivot pins on the ice bin; and an ice bin base including a pair of sockets for receiving the pivot pins to pivotally mount the ice bin on a generally horizontal axis to the ice bin base.