Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Articulated freezer drawers
- Patent Title (中): 铰接式冷柜抽屉
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Application No.: US13492942Application Date: 2012-06-11
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Publication No.: US08474928B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Lawrence J. Ertz , Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi , Todd E. Kniffen
- Applicant: Lawrence J. Ertz , Pawan Mansukhlal Gandhi , Todd E. Kniffen
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agent Kirk W. Goodwin; Robert L. Judd
- Main IPC: A47B96/00
- IPC: A47B96/00

Abstract:
The invention relates generally to an articulating drawer for a bottom mount freezer refrigerator. The drawer can be slidably mounted in the freezer compartment on slides that can include pivots to pivotally mount a drawer front on the slides. A support mechanism can mount a food storage basket for movement with the drawer front and movable slides and can move the food storage basket upward when the door is moved to the open position. The support mechanism can include a pair of guide plates connected to the slides having a guide surface arranged to be engaged by a food storage basket guide surface follower and a pair of links each connected to the drawer front at one end and having a first link pivot at a distal end arranged to pivotally connect to a food storage basket pivot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120248958A1 ARTICULATED FREEZER DRAWERS Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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