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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
John P. Flannery, Smiths, BM;
Timothy C. Noke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sergio M. Photiadis, Athens, GR;
Christopher Raia, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael T. Lye, Warwick, RI (US);
George G. Brin, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
Marc S. Harrison, late of Portmouth, RI (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell within which is defined at least one food compartment. For enhancing the access to the food storage compartment, the shell is provided with an open frontal zone which includes a frontal facing portion and a sideward facing portion. A door is hingedly connected adjacent one side of the cabinet, extends across the front of the cabinet and wraps around to an opposing side of the cabinet. In this fashion, a section of the door actually defines an extension of one side of the refrigerator cabinet such that, when the door is opened, enhanced access to within the refrigerator is provided.