Whirlpool Corporation

Julie A Mann

Garett L Strandemo

Deron M Drach

Eric W Kost

Eric D Lively

Eric Craig Irwin

Frank W Klitzing

Kendra M Straub

In a refrigeration appliance, an enclosure or container defines an enclosed space. A two-plane door forms a portion of the container. The two-plane door opens along one pivot axis and allows access to the enclosed interior space. The container can be a thermally insulated in-door ice compartment of a refrigerated appliance. One example is a bottom freezer style, with the in-door ice compartment in the cold food section of the appliance.

Two-plane door for refrigerator compartment

A handle assembly for mounting to an appliance door includes a main body member having first and second end portions separated by an intermediate portion. First and second plastic end-caps are tightly fit to the first and second end portions via fasteners. The handle assembly is mounted to a front face of the door through interengagment of the fasteners with clips attached to the appliance door. Latch and ramp portions of clips cooperate with the respective fasteners to draw the end-caps into a close locking engagement with the appliance door.

Handle assembly for a domestic appliance

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Haubstadt, IN, United States of America

Julie A Mann