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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1993
John M Powell, Charlestown, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes an outer cabinet and an inner liner separated by insulation. The liner includes a plurality of walls defining a compartment to receive items to be refrigerated. An electric light is positioned adjacent to a first of the liner walls. A second of the liner walls disposed perpendicular to the first wall has three spaced apart slots positioned closer to the first wall than the light to the first wall. A shield is positioned between the light and the first wall and includes three tabs received in the slots in the second wall. The middle tab has a pair of lateral ears with rest positions angled with respect to the long axis of the corresponding slot. The ears flex as the tab is inserted through the slot and then return to their rest position to overlie the second liner wall. The other tabs also are angled with respect to their slots to firmly engage the second wall when installed. The shield also has oppositely projecting feet extending perpendicular to the shield and positioned adjacent the second wall so that the shield is positively positioned between the light and the first wall.