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A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the fresh food compartment is wider at an upper portion than at a lower portion thereof and the freezer compartment

A side-by-side refrigerator includes fresh food and freezer compartments each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the fresh food compartment is wider at an upper portion than at a lower portion thereof and the freezer compartment is wider at a lower portion than at an upper portion, while the overall cabinet width of the refrigerator does not deviate from that of a conventional side-by-side refrigerator arrangement. Due to the interior size alterations, the fresh food and freezer doors of the side-by-side refrigerator are correspondingly configured and a mullion dividing the two refrigerator compartments extends in laterally offset vertical planes. An ice and/or water dispenser can be provided, such as in the freezer door or fixed relative to the fresh food and freezer doors in a central zone which is arranged vertically and laterally between portions of the doors.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A refrigerator cabinet assembly comprising:a cabinet shell including a pair of laterally spaced side panels, a top panel interconnecting upper end portions of the side panels, and an open frontal zone permitting access to within the cabinet shell;at least one liner positioned within

[ I claim:] [1.] A refrigerator cabinet assembly comprising:a cabinet shell including a pair of laterally spaced side panels, a top panel interconnecting upper end portions of the side panels, and an open frontal zone permitting access to within the cabinet shell;at least one liner positioned within the cabinet shell, said at least one liner being divided into laterally spaced, fresh food and freezer compartments separated by a fore-to-aft extending divider wall, said divider wall including at least first and second interconnected upright portions which are laterally offset, wherein each of the fresh food and freezer compartments has varying lateral dimensions; andfresh food and freezer doors each including an outer lateral portion pivotally mounted to the cabinet shell about a substantially vertical axis and an inner lateral portion defined by laterally offset sections, wherein the fresh food and freezer doors have vertically offset, varying width portions adapted to extend across and seal the fresh food and freezer compartments respectively.