Refrigerator

- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top-front perspective view of a refrigerator according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, back, right side, left side, top, and bottom views thereof illustrating no claimed portion of the design;

FIG. 3 is a front-perspective reference view of the refrigerator including a cutaway region of the transparent coating; and,

FIG. 4 is a top-front perspective detail view thereof showing the area indicated in FIG. 3.

Broken lines are environmental only and form no part of the claimed design.

Dash-dot lines adjacent un-shaded areas represent bounds of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design themselves.

The diagonal shading indicates a transparent material. In particular, the diagonal shading, indicates a tinted transparent material layer (further described below) that is such that the depicted texture is visible through the transparent material thereover.

The stipple fill is used to indicate color. In particular, the comparatively light stipple fill in FIGS. 3 and 4 represents a light metallic grey color on the portion of the refrigerator beneath the bronze-tinted transparent coating, and the comparatively dark stipple fill indicates a color that is an aggregate of the lighter color of the refrigerator portion and the overlying tinted, transparent layer, such aggregate color being a metallic bronze color according to the following CIE Lab color space definition, obtained using an F2-type illuminant at 10° and measured at 25°:

L: 40.56

a: 1.16

b: 7.34.

Claims

The ornamental design for a refrigerator, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D983237
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 17, 2014
Date of Patent: Apr 11, 2023
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION (Benton Harbor, MI)
Inventors: Jessica R. McConnell (St. Joseph, MI), Kelly E. Roche (Benton Harbor, MI)
Primary Examiner: Khawaja Anwar
Application Number: 29/512,164
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D15/89)