Samsung patents fridge drawer with adjustable front cover
Samsung has been granted a patent for a refrigerator drawer design that includes a shelf and a movable cover. The cover slides vertically to adjust the size of the gap between the shelf and the drawer front, allowing users to customize the opening.
In the filing’s own words
A refrigerator includes a main body; a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open; a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space; a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap; a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap; and a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A refrigerator comprising: a main body; a storage chamber provided in the main body so that a front side of the storage chamber is open; a drawer provided in the storage chamber and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the storage chamber, wherein an interior of the drawer forms a storage space; a shelf provided on the drawer, wherein a front surface of the shelf and the drawer are spaced apart by a gap; a cover vertically movably connected to the shelf and configured to cover the gap; and a cover position adjuster contacting the shelf and the cover and configured to adjust an area of the gap by vertically moving the cover, wherein the cover position adjuster is on a frontmost surface of the cover nearest the front side of the storage chamber; wherein the cover comprises: a pair of extensions extending rearward from an end of the cover; and a pair of rotation shafts provided on the pair of extensions and rotatably connected to the shelf, and wherein the pair of rotation shafts are closer to the front surface of the shelf than to a rear surface of the shelf, the rear surface of the shelf being opposite the front surface of the shelf.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Refrigerator
- Patent number
- US12747910B2
- Application number
- 18214766
- Filed
- Jun 27, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
F25D 25/025 Mechanical engineeringF25D 17/045 Mechanical engineeringF25D 25/02 Mechanical engineeringF25D 11/00 Mechanical engineeringF25D 17/04 Mechanical engineeringF25D 2317/04131 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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