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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Jenkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Duane Jubenville, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C / ; E04C / ; A47B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
527821 ; 5278413 ; 52658 ; 49501 ; 312405 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator door is formed of a unitary sheet of pre-painted metal. The door has a front wall with top, bottom and side walls projecting from its edges. The top and bottom walls have indented portions adjacent each of their ends. The ends of the side walls have inwardly projecting tabs which overlap the indented portions of the top and bottom walls. The tabs and indented portions are secured together by mechanical interlocks, such as toggle locks.