Gasket assembly for refrigerator door and the like

Claim 1

IN A GASKET AND RETAINER ASSEMBLY FOR USE UPON A REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND THE LIKE WHEREIN THE DOOR HAS PAN AND SHELL PORTIONS ASSEMBLED TO DEFINE A SLOT BETWEEN THE EDGES THEREOF AND THEREAFTER THE DOOR IS ADAPTED TO HAVE FOAM INSULATION MATERIAL FOAMED IN SITU IN THE INTERIOR OF THE DOOR, THE GASKET AND RETAINER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ELONGATE FLEXIBLE GASKET AND AN ELONGATE RIGID RETAINER, SAID GASKET AND RETAINER HAVING COOPERABLE TONGUE AND GROOVE MEANS FOR RELEASABLY COUPLING ONE TO THE OTHER; THE HEREIN INVENTION WHICH COMPRISES, SAID RETAINER HAVING AN ANCHOR FORMATION INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOT INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE DOOR, SAID ANCHOR FORMATION INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY FACING ARMS EXTENDING TOWARD SAID RETAINER TO DEFINE, WITH SAID RETAINER, A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY OPENING CHANNELS FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID SLOT DEFINING EDGES OF THE PAN AND SHELL, SAID ARMS EACH HAVING THE FREE ENDS THEREOF SPACED FROM THE PAN AND SHELL IN THE INSTALLED CONDITION THEROF TO ENABLE THE FOAM TO EXTEND AROUND SAID FREE ENDS POSITIVELY TO LOCK THE PAN, SHELL AND RETAINER IN ASSEMBLY.