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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Andrew Krause, Louisville, KY (US);
Justin Berger, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Bissig, Louisville, KY (US);
David Calvert, Louisville, KY (US);
Bernhard Klaus, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Lewis, Louisville, KY (US);
Vinayak Reddy, Louisville, KY (US);
Edward Strauss, Louisville, KY (US);
Jarvis Ward, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Wimsatt, Louisville, KY (US);
Andrew Krause, Louisville, KY (US);
Justin Berger, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Bissig, Louisville, KY (US);
David Calvert, Louisville, KY (US);
Bernhard Klaus, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert Lewis, Louisville, KY (US);
Vinayak Reddy, Louisville, KY (US);
Edward Strauss, Louisville, KY (US);
Jarvis Ward, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Wimsatt, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a refrigerator door, comprising an inner door material and an outer door material, wherein a portion of the outer door material of the refrigerator is formed into a shape of a dispenser recess. The apparatus also includes a support structure, wherein the support structure is situated behind the dispenser recess of the outer door material and in front of the inner door material, and wherein the support structure facilitates implementation of one or more dispenser features. A refrigerator using the apparatus is also disclosed.