Appliance bin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11892228-B2
Application number	US-202117167263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2021
Priority date	Jun 6, 2017
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A refrigerated appliance is provided herein. The refrigerated appliance includes a cabinet defining a compartment. A first door is coupled to the cabinet. The first door defines a storage chamber therein. A second door is disposed on an opposing side of the first door from the cabinet. A bin is disposed within the chamber. A bracket is disposed between the first door and the bin. The bracket includes a rotatable member to rotate the bin between first and second positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerated appliance, comprising:
a first door having an interior door liner;
a second door operably coupled to the first door and operable between an open position and a closed position;
a bracket operably coupled to the interior door liner of the first door and including a rotatable member and a retainer extending outwardly from the interior door liner, wherein the rotatable member extends from a first end of the bracket and the retainer extends from a second end of the bracket, the bracket further including a structural lattice disposed between the rotatable member and the interior door liner; and
a bin operably coupled to the rotatable member and operable between a rotated position when the second door is in the open position and an upright position, the bin having a bottom surface that includes a coupling member selectively coupled to the retainer, wherein the coupling member is configured to resist separation of the retainer with the bin.

2. The refrigerated appliance of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a projection, and wherein the retainer is operably coupled to the projection.

3. The refrigerated appliance of claim 2 , wherein the retainer includes a base portion and opposing flanges extending outwardly from the base portion.

4. The refrigerated appliance of claim 3 , wherein the opposing flanges each define a barb, and wherein the retainer is operably coupled to the projection via the barbs of the opposing flanges.

5. The refrigerated appliance of claim 1 , wherein the bracket defines ribs that span a rear surface of the bracket.

6. A door for a refrigerated appliance, comprising:
an interior door liner including a stop;
a rotatable member operably coupled to and extending outwardly from the interior door liner;
a retainer proximate to the rotatable member and operably coupled to the interior door liner, the retainer including a base portion and flanges extending from the base portion;
a bracket operably coupled to the interior door liner and including a projection, wherein the rotatable member is operably coupled to a first end of the bracket, the projection is operably coupled to a second end of the bracket, and the flanges of the retainer are operably coupled to the projection via barbs; and
a bin assembly rotatably coupled to the rotatable member and selectively coupled to the retainer, the bin assembly including:
a bin having a bottom surface and operable between a first position and a second position; and
a coupling member operably coupled to the bottom surface of the bin.

7. The door of claim 6 ,
wherein a structural lattice is defined on a distal end of the bracket.

8. The door of claim 6 , wherein the bin is selectively engaged with the stop of the interior door liner in the second position.

9. The door of claim 6 , wherein the bin defines a cavity, and wherein the rotatable member is rotatably disposed within the cavity and configured to translate the bin between the first position and the second position.

10. The door of claim 6 , wherein the coupling member includes a magnet and the retainer is formed from a magnetically attractive material, and wherein the magnet is selectively coupled to the magnetically attractive material of the retainer to retain the bin in the first position.

11. The door of claim 6 , further comprising:
a latch including the retainer and operably coupled to the interior door liner, wherein the latch is configured to selectively retain the bin in the first position.

12. The door of claim 11 , wherein the latch is operably coupled to the bottom surface of the bin in the first position via the retainer.

13. An appliance door, comprising:
a door liner having an inner support wall;
a rotatable bin having a bottom surface and defining a cavity, the rotatable bin being operable between a first position and a second position;
a latch including a damper, the latch further including a first portion coupled to the rotatable bin and a second portion coupled to the door liner, the first portion of the latch being disposed at a first end of the rotatable bin and the cavity being disposed at a second end of the rotatable bin;
a rotatable member extending outwardly from the door liner and disposed within the cavity defined by the rotatable bin; and
a curved rack operably coupled to each of the rotatable bin and the latch and configured to selectively maintain the rotatable bin in at least one of the first position and the second position.

14. The appliance door of claim 13 , wherein the second portion of the latch comprises a projection and a retainer, and wherein barbs operably couple the retainer to the projection.

15. The appliance door of claim 14 , wherein the damper is rotatably coupled to the curved rack and includes a gear configured to evenly rotate the bin about the rotatable member.

16. The appliance door of claim 15 , wherein the damper is configured to translate within the curved rack between the first position and the second position of the rotatable bin.

17. The appliance door of claim 13 , wherein the door liner includes a stop, and wherein the rotatable bin is selectively coupled to the stop in the second position.

18. The appliance door of claim 17 , wherein the bottom surface of the rotatable bin is spaced a predetermined distance from the inner wall of the door liner in the second position, and wherein the rotatable bin is maintained in the second position via the stop and the curved rack.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Karl Jackson F

Classifications

• F25D23/04 Primary

  with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners · CPC title

• F25D23/025

  Secondary closures · CPC title

• A47B49/002

  Cabinets with compartments provided with trays revolving on a horizontal axis · CPC title

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D2323/021

  French doors · CPC title