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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Xiaoyong Fu, Plano, TX (US);
Xiaoyong Fu, Plano, TX (US);
Maytag Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. The fresh food and freezer compartments are separated by a dividing wall or mullion having first and second upright portions interconnected by a laterally offset section. Fresh food and freezer doors are pivotally mounted about respective vertical axes for sealing the fresh food and freezer compartments. Each of the fresh food and freezer doors has a substantially uniform width. With this construction, the varying width compartments are sealed by substantially uniform width fresh food and freezer doors.