Self-contained pantry box system for insertion into an appliance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9897370
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14644421

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A pantry box system for a refrigerating appliance includes a pantry mullion having an interstitial space defined therein, a pantry wall extending perpendicularly from the pantry mullion, a base positioned substantially parallel with the pantry mullion. The pantry mullion, pantry wall and base define an insertable pantry compartment having an internal pantry volume. A pantry drawer is in operable communication with the internal pantry volume, and is operable through a drawer aperture defined in the pantry wall between open and closed positions. The pantry drawer includes an exterior drawer panel that conceals the drawer aperture when the at least one pantry drawer in the closed position. A pantry box cooling system is configured to deliver cooling to the insertable pantry compartment from an external location, wherein the pantry box cooling system includes a control that independently controls a pantry temperature of the insertable pantry compartment.

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WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION2000 N M-63 BENTON HARBOR MI 49022

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gillette, Thomas A Shelby Township, US 10 189
Kobos, Duane M Laporte, US 27 306
Tunzi, Todd St. Joseph, US 19 190

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