Refrigerator with upper French style doors

- Maytag Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of a refrigerator including closed, upper French style fresh food compartment doors and a lower freezer door/drawer, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1 with the upper French style doors closed;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the right side of the refrigerator of FIG. 1, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top right perspective view of the refrigerator of the invention, with the upper French style doors shown open;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the refrigerator of FIG. 5.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-8 showing door handles and hinges, the pivoting mullion carried by one of the upper French style doors as shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 6 and 8, and the upper fresh food compartment mounted mullion guide of FIGS. 5-8 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

Claims

The ornamental design for a refrigerator with upper French style doors, as shown and described.

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Foreign Patent Documents
11-311479 November 1999 JP
Patent History
Patent number: D495719
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 2, 2003
Date of Patent: Sep 7, 2004
Assignee: Maytag Corporation (Newton, IA)
Inventors: Richard Allan Kirchner (Apple Valley, MN), Brian S. Guptill (Coral Springs, FL), Steven G. Herndon (Cedar Rapids, IA), John J. Pink (Cedar Rapids, IA), Greg A. Scorpil (Tipton, IA)
Primary Examiner: Mitchell Siegel
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
Application Number: 29/189,253
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Three Or More (D15/86)
International Classification: 1507;