US 11,815,304 B2
Refrigerator
Chomin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Oungu Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jeonghyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Dongyeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Minseok Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Yang-yeol Gu, Suwon-si (KR); Ae-ryun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yountae Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Donghyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seonju Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaemin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,677.
Application 17/502,677 is a continuation of application No. 16/849,209, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0043937 (KR), filed on Apr. 15, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0086074 (KR), filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034576 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/02 (2013.01) [F25D 2323/021 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage chamber; and
a door to open and close the storage chamber, the door including:
a door body including:
an upper door cap including a cap hole, an opening at a front portion of the upper door cap, and an open portion on an upper side of the upper door cap,
a cover forming a front surface of the door body, and
chassis forming opposite side surfaces of the door body,
a door panel detachably mountable on the door body, the door panel including:
a panel body, and
a fixer on a rear surface of the panel body, and including a protrusion having a fixing hole,
a fastening member, and
a cap cover,
wherein the door body, the door panel, the fastening member and the cap cover are configured so that
the door panel is positionable so that the rear surface of the panel body faces the cover and the protrusion protrudes rearward into the opening and is accommodated in the upper door cap with the fixing hole and the cap hole vertically aligned with each other,
with the door panel positioned so that the rear surface of the panel body faces the cover and the protrusion protrudes rearward into the opening and is accommodated in the upper door cap with the fixing hole and the cap hole vertically aligned with each other, a lower end of the fastening member is passable through the open portion from above the open portion and then into the fixing hole so that the fastening member is accommodated in the upper door cap extending into the fixing hole and the cap hole and the fastening member is provided to prevent upward movement of the door panel, and
with the fastening member accommodated in the upper door cap extending into the fixing hole and the cap hole, the cap cover is detachably mounted on the upper door cap so as to cover the open portion,
to thereby mount the door panel on the door body.