Patent ID: 7516515

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet shell; a liner arranged within the cabinet shell, said liner including top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a refrigeration compartment; a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet shell for selectively closing the refrigeration compartment, said door including a top edge portion, a bottom edge portion and opposing side edge portions; and at least one dual hinge mechanism for selectively pivoting the door about a select one of first and second axes defined adjacent the opposing side edge portions, said dual hinge mechanism including: a lock bar mounted to the bottom edge portion of the door, said lock bar including a first end portion and a second end portion joined by an intermediate portion, each of said first and second end portions including first and second lobe elements; a hinge plate mounted to the cabinet shell below the door, said hinge plate including a first end section and a second end section joined by an intermediate section, each of said first and second end sections including a rudder member; and first and second hinge pins mounted to corresponding ones of the first and second end sections wherein, upon pivoting the door about a select one of the opposing side edge portions, one of the first lobe elements on one of the first and second end portions engages with the rudder member shifting the lock bar along the bottom edge portion of the door and causing the second lobe element of the other of the first and second end portion to interact with a corresponding one of the first and second hinge pins enabling the door to continue to pivot to an open position wherein the refrigeration compartment is exposed.