Patent ID: 8109112

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a freezer compartment arranged within the cabinet; a door mounted to the cabinet for selectively providing access to the freezer compartment; an ice maker disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces; an ice level sensor comprising a light emitter and a receiver; and a removable variable ice storage assembly adapted to be positioned between the light emitter and the receiver, the removable variable ice storage assembly including: a first side wall including a first reflecting plate; a second side wall including a second reflecting plate; first and second insert portions; a storage cavity defined in part by said first and second side walls adapted to receive ice dispensed from the ice maker; and first and second mirrored inserts adapted to be removably supported by the respective first and second insert portions, wherein the first and second mirrored inserts are adapted to redirect a light beam emitted by the light emitter when the first and second mirrored inserts are supported by the respective first and second insert portions and the removable variable ice storage assembly is positioned between the light emitter and the receiver.