Refrigerator and freezer with pull-out doors and shelves

Refrigerator and freezer with pull-out doors and shelves work well for wheelchair-bound persons with impaired balance.

Refrigerator with door pulled out

Refrigerator with door pulled out

Refrigerator and freezer have pull-out doors. The lower shelf is attached to the door. The other shelves can be pulled out individually.

Susanne’s technique for removing objects from the refrigerator or freezer (photos below): She pulls out the door and leans on it to avoid losing her balance. Then she grasps the object with both hands.

Users comments
Unfortunately, only refrigerators and freezers with side-hinged doors are currently available. It works well for Susanne if the shelves are cassettes that can be pulled out. Such freezers are available, but Susanne has been unable to find this type of refrigerator. In the case of low pull-out shelves Susanne needs to consider how foods are packaged; e.g., handles on milk containers, or vegetables sealed in plastic bags, which she can grab with one hand.

Made by
Gaggenau; no longer available

Purchased from
Household appliance stores

Paid for by
The user

Editors comments
Norcool produces refrigerators, with pullout shelves, see Norcool drawer fridge, norcool.com (last checked July 2020).

User leans on open refrigerator door

User leans on open refrigerator door

She picks up a bottle of oil with both hands

She picks up a bottle of oil with both hands

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Author: Susanne

Susanne bor i lägenhet och studerar och arbetar som frilans (heltid). Hon skadade sig 1982 och har en hög ryggmärgskada (C5). Genom handkirurgi fick hon ett pinchgrepp i vä hand. Hon har personlig assistans genom LASS. Efter tipsinsamlingen har hon flyttat till en ny lägenhet.

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