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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Chris Baum, Anderson, SC (US);
Anthony Jenkins, Hendersonville, TN (US);
Lori Burgener, Clarksville, TN (US);
Rodrigo Panozzi, Curitiba, BR;
Manjunath Shivamurty, Anderson, SC (US);
Cristela Siebert, Curitiba, BR;
Ivo Torres, Curitiba, BR;
Charles Gascoyne, Orange, AU;
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator assembly includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment and a door for providing selective access to the storage compartment. The refrigerator assembly further includes a mullion assembly having a hinge coupled to the door and a flipper mullion pivotally attached to the hinge. The flipper mullion is rotatable between a first position, a second position, and an intermediate position that is intermediate the first and second positions. The mullion assembly further includes a spring configured to bias the flipper mullion toward the first position when the flipper mullion is between the first position and the intermediate position. The spring is further configured to bias the flipper mullion toward the second position when the flipper mullion is between the second position and the intermediate position. The mullion assembly further includes a magnetic assembly configured to bias the flipper mullion toward the second position.