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Refrigerator having a camera selectively enclosed by a rotating mullion assembly

  • US 9,995,528 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2017
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A refrigerator, comprising:

  • a storage compartment having an open front portion;

    first and second doors operable between open and closed positions with respect to the open front portion of the storage compartment;

    a mullion assembly pivotally coupled to one of the first and second doors by at least one hinge assembly, such that the mullion assembly is operable between retracted and deployed positions, and further wherein the mullion assembly includes at least one receiving recess; and

    at least one camera device mounted on the at least one hinge assembly and vertically aligned with the at least one receiving recess of the mullion assembly, wherein the at least one camera device includes a lens assembly facing into the storage compartment when the door to which the mullion assembly is mounted is in the closed position, and further wherein the at least one camera device is at least partially received in the at least one receiving recess of the mullion assembly when the mullion assembly is in the retracted position.

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