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Granted Patent B2
US 12,259,179 · App. 18/437,957 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Refrigerator

Inventors: Sungdeuk Park (Suwon-si, KR); Youngmin Kwon (Suwon-si, KR); Jeongman Nam (Suwon-si, KR); Seongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungho Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Hojun Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
F25D23/028A47B96/201A47B2096/208A47L15/4265F25D2323/02F25D2323/021F25D2400/18
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Patent No.
US 12,259,179
App. No.
18/437,957
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom, a door body arranged to open or close the storeroom, a decoration panel coupled to a front side of the door body, and a holder mounted on the front side of the door body to be coupled to the decoration panel. The door body includes a rear case defining a rear side of the door body, and a main case defining front and sides of the door body. The main case includes a front part defining the front side of the door body and having an installation groove in which to install the holder, side parts defining sides of the door body, and a rear coupler coupled to the rear case. The main case is formed by bending a single metal board.

Claims (20)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a main body including a first storeroom and a second storeroom formed under the first storeroom;

a first door arranged to open or close the first storeroom and including:

a first door body having a first upper cap and a first lower cap,

a first panel detachably coupled to a front side of the first door body and having an upper trim at an upper portion of the first panel, and

a first fixer, and

a second door arranged to open or close the second storeroom and including:

a second door body having a second upper cap and a second lower cap,

a second panel detachably coupled to a front side of the second door body and having a lower trim at a lower portion of the second panel, and

a second fixer, and

wherein

a lower portion of the first panel is coupled to the first lower cap,

the first fixer is inserted into the upper trim of the first panel downward through the first upper cap,

an upper portion of the second panel is coupled to the second upper cap, and

the second fixer is inserted into the lower trim of the second panel upward through the second lower cap.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein a handle is formed on each of a bottom side of the first door body and a top side of the second door body.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the first panel comprises a first panel body, and the upper trim of the first panel is arranged at top edge of a rear side of the first panel body.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the second panel comprises a second panel body, and the lower trim of the second panel is arranged at bottom edge of a rear side of the second panel body.

5. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the first lower cap includes a handle and the first upper cap includes an upper cap hole through which the first fixer passes.

6. The refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the second upper cap includes a handle and the second lower cap includes a lower cap hole through which the second fixer passes.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0043017 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0152722 · Nov 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17869089 · Jul 20, 2022
Continuation 17673439 · Feb 16, 2022
Continuation 17185384 · Feb 25, 2021
Continuation 16950773 · Nov 17, 2020
Related Publication 20240219105A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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