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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Neomar Giacomini, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Ishan Khekale, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Axel Julio Ramm, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for packaging a handle set including providing a refrigerator having a cabinet defining an opening to access an interior; and providing doors defining an aperture for accessing the interior, the aperture width being less than the opening width. A handle set for installation onto the doors. A substrate panel having a panel width that is between the aperture width and the opening width, and to which the handle set to define a handle set package. Inserting the leading edge of the substrate panel through the aperture and the opening and rotating the handle set package through the aperture and the opening such that the trailing edge moves through the opening and into the interior, wherein an installation cutout of the substrate panel provides the handle set package with clearance to be rotated, and wherein the perimeter edge of the handle set substrate panel remains substantially level.