US Patent 7886500 Refrigerator door with ratcheting end cap

Patent 7886500 was granted and assigned to Maytag on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Maytag

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7886500

Date of Patent

February 15, 2011

Patent Application Number

11140099

Date Filed

May 27, 2005

Patent Citations Received

Patent Primary Examiner

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Richard E. Chilcot, Jr.

Patent 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.