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Refrigerator with a door-in-door

  • US 8,424,985 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2010
  • Issued: 04/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerator comprising:

  • a cabinet;

    a first storage chamber defined within the cabinet;

    a first door configured to open and close at least a portion of the first storage chamber, wherein a first depth of a first part of the first door is narrower than a second depth of a second part of the first door and a stepped portion of the first door is located where the first door changes from the first depth to the second depth;

    a handle provided at the stepped portion of the first door that enables a user to open and close the first door;

    a second storage chamber defined at a side of the first door, and configured to move with the first door when the first door moves between opened and closed positions; and

    a second door that is configured to open and close the second storage chamber, that enables access to the second storage chamber when the first door is oriented in a closed position, that is located at the first part of the first door that has the first depth, and that is spaced apart from the stepped portion of the first door,wherein, at the space between the stepped portion of the first door and a lower surface of the second door, the first door includes a recess that is recessed inward across the first door from a first portion of the first door that has the second depth and that is located at a first end of the first door to a second portion of the first door that has the first depth and that is located at a second end of the first door that is opposite the first end of the first door, wherein the recess enables the user to access the handle provided at the stepped portion of the first door through the space, andwherein a coupling part that rotatably couples the second door to the first door is located at the first portion of the first door that has the second depth.

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