Door handle of a household refrigerator

Details Door handle of a household refrigerator Door handle of a household refrigerator

1989-07-03

1990-05-22

Seidel, Richard K.

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Sash balances

Spring

E05B 100, A47B 9502, B65D 2528

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049265237

ABSTRACT:
A door handle assembly of a household refrigerator having a stiffener member with an elongated body made of rigid metal in the shape of an upwardly open channel with spaced apart legs including a first section offset form a second section to act as the gripping section and having spaced apart fastener receiving apertures. The first section has a molded soft elastomeric covering on the outside with apertures in alignment with the apertures in the stiffener member. A first decorative trim member having an outer and inner side with a contour to receive the legs of the channel of the first section of the stiffener member and including side walls overlapping the upper edge of the legs and elastomeric covering. The trim member has an open upwardly facing recess area in the outer side with apertures in alignment with the apertures in the stiffener member. There is an enlarged metal plate dimensioned to be nested in the recess area of the decorative trim member and having threaded fastener receiving apertures in alignment with the apertures in the decorative trim member and stiffener member. A second decorative trim member with an upwardly open channel surrounds the base and both legs of the channel of the second section and has one end secured to the decorative trim covering the first section and the other end secured to a trim end cap. A downwardly open channel shaped member is secured to the upwardly open channel of the second decorative trim member. Threaded fasteners pass through the apertures and threadedly engage the fastener receiving aperture in the elongated metal plate to rigidly assemble the components together as a subassembly for installation on a refrigerator door.

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