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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Joseph Gresham, IV, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Evan W. Kessick, Niles, MI (US);
Ryan M Post, Coloma, MI (US);
Daniel Quinlan, Stevensville, MI (US);
Rahul Wadke, Amana, IA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A door-in-door refrigerator includes a door having an inner door and an outer door. When the inner and outer doors are in open positions, food items stored in a main refrigerated compartment are accessible. When the inner and outer doors are in closed positions, the door seals the refrigerated compartment, and food items stored in the main refrigerated compartment are not accessible. When the inner door is in a closed position and the outer door is in an open position, food items stored in a storage structure coupled to the door are accessible. A latch includes a trigger that moves in a direction substantially parallel to a handle. Movement of the trigger shifts the latch between a latched position, in which pulling on the handle causes the inner and outer doors to open, and an unlatched position, in which pulling on the handle causes the outer door to open while the inner door remains closed.