US Patent 10578351 Refrigerator appliance with soft open drawer front

A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet which defines a fresh food storage chamber and a frozen food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a drawer slidably mounted within one of the fresh food storage chamber and the frozen food storage chamber. The drawer includes a drawer body defining an interior of the drawer and a door attached to the drawer body via a hinge such that the door is rotatable relative to the drawer body between a closed position where the door encloses the interior of the drawer and an open position to provide access to the interior of the drawer. The hinge includes a damper assembly configured to dampen rotation of the door from the closed position to the open position.