Patent ID: 7219471

Claim:
A sealing assembly in combination with a door ( 30 ) for a refrigerator cabinet ( 32 ), said door having an inner door panel ( 31 ) with a curved surface ( 29 ), said sealing assembly having a bellows gasket for sealing between the door and the cabinet ( 32 ) and having a profile made of a plastic material, said bellows gasket and said profile being co-extruded together, said profile having a means for receiving a replacement bellows gasket, said profile also having a base and at least one elastically compliant side branch which provides a snap-action connection between the profile and the inner door panel, said side branch terminating with a grooved seat which has a substantially C-shaped cross-section which receives an edge of said inner door panel, wherein said base includes first and second sealing strips, said first and second sealing strips sealing between said door ( 30 ) and said base, wherein said grooved seat has a third sealing strip, wherein the elastically compliant side branch causes said third sealing strip to be compressed against the curved surface ( 29 ) of the inner door panel ( 31 ), and wherein said curved surface of the inner door panel has a radius of curvature of 3 to 6 mm so as to ensure an effective seal with said third sealing strip.