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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Scott W. Leimkuehler, Swisher, IA (US);
Chris Mcelvain, Middle Amana, IA (US);
Chad J. Rotter, Amana, IA (US);
Scott W. Leimkuehler, Swisher, IA (US);
Chris McElvain, Middle Amana, IA (US);
Chad J. Rotter, Amana, IA (US);
Maytag Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved refrigerator door is provided with a metal outer panel and upper and lower plastic end caps installed on top and bottom edges of the door. The caps include grooves to receive flanges on the edges of the panel, thereby mounting the caps to the panel. The caps include ratcheting members to provide a mating fit with the panel. A bushing is snap fit into the upper cap without the use of hardware fasteners. Electric wires and a water line extend downwardly through the bushing to an ice and water dispenser in the door.