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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:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Joseph Lee Coleman, Evansville, IN (US);
Alan S. Lucas, Evansville, IN (US);
Harish Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
Ralph Tate, Jr., Evansville, IN (US);
Bozhi Yang, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Lee Coleman, Evansville, IN (US);
Alan S. Lucas, Evansville, IN (US);
Harish Kulkarni, Pune, IN;
Ralph Tate, Jr., Evansville, IN (US);
Bozhi Yang, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 96/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinge for controlling the movement of a door on a refrigerator is disclosed, the hinge allowing the refrigerator to be installed flush to adjacent cabinets. The door translates and rotates in order to allow access to the refrigerator cabinet interior without contacting the adjacent cabinets.