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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1997
William Shanok, New York, NY (US);
Silvatrim Associates, South Plainfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator door handle including handle extension bases on opposite sides thereof for securement to a refrigerator door for receiving associated handle extensions of the refrigerator door handle, each handle extension base having a longitudinally extending body member with one end of the body member being closed by two arms extending inwardly towards each other, where each arm has a tab provided on an inner side thereof. An edge portion of the body member at the one end thereof is bent upwardly to a raised position so that the raised edge portion provides a recess thereunder for receiving the tabs therein. The free ends of the arms are secured together, and also the tabs are secured to an under surface of the raised edge portion in order to close the one end of the body member. In a modified embodiment, a transverse slit is provided through the raised edge portion of the body member to facilitate the upward bending of the raised edge portion.