Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber. The cabinet has an outer casing with a first front flange and a second front flange. The first and second front flanges are connected at a mitered joint. Each of the first and second front flanges has a tab extending into the outer casing. The tabs of the first and second front flanges are plastically deformed together at the mitered joint.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance with a finger guard is provided. The finger guard includes a base plate positioned on and mounted to a cabinet of the refrigerator appliance. The finger guard also includes an arcuate plate mounted to the base plate. The arcuate plate extends away from the cabinet. An outer side edge of the door may sweep along the arcuate plate during opening and closing of the door.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance with a finger guard is provided. The finger guard includes a base plate positioned on and mounted to a cabinet of the refrigerator appliance. The finger guard also includes an arcuate plate mounted to the base plate. The arcuate plate extends away from the cabinet. An outer side edge of the door may sweep along the arcuate plate during opening and closing of the door.

Abstract: A handle assembly that may be used on an appliance is provided. The handle assembly can include a handle that is received into one or more receptacles and can be installed without tools or the use of additional fasteners such as screws, bolts, and the like. The handle assembly can be installed onto doors, drawers, or other components of a variety of different appliance types.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a front projection system operatively mounted as part of an appliance and configured to optically project a virtual user interface; an optics system operatively mounted as part of the appliance and configured to direct the virtual user interface optically projected by the front projection system onto a given surface; a user input system operatively mounted as part of the appliance and configured to receive one or more input selections made by a user in correspondence with one or more features that are part of the virtual user interface optically projected by the front projection system on the given surface via the optics system; and a controller operatively coupled to the front projection system and the user input system, and configured to control operation of one or more components of the appliance in response to the one or more input selections made by the user in correspondence with the one or more features that are part of the virtual user interface.