Why is it so hard for kids to open the fridge from the inside?

[JEDI]

when they open it fine from the outside?

 

[rommelrommel]

Shut yourself in the fridge and report back.

 

[tranceport]

Luckily I took my phone with me into this fridge. For some reason it will not open from the inside..... I'll post back in a bit if I can't get it open.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Refrigerators manufactured up until about 1960 had mechanical latches that could only be opened from the outside. I doubt very much that the danger exists with today's fridges.

 

[disappoint]

It's a trap!
Darwin: So?

 

[Craig234]

I wonder how many kids were killed by that. Of course I remember playing with lawn darts. Catch!

 

[KeithTalent]

Because kids are dumb.

KT

 

[z1ggy]

Only choice is by experimenting yourself.

 

[sdifox]

torque?

 

[twinrider1]

Ever watch your kid stand there with the door open looking at the same food for 10 freaking minutes? They become hypnotized by the food. Without a parent to bark at them, they stare at the food until they suffocate or their core temp drops too far.

 

[Puppies04]

Refrigerators manufactured up until about 1960 had mechanical latches that could only be opened from the outside. I doubt very much that the danger exists with today's fridges.

This, any child that can't open a normal fridge without a latch from the inside is just doing the gene pool a favour.

On a side note I can envisage a situation where a kid gets in a really big fridge that is laying on its back and would struggle to lift the door from the inside but this brings up the question of how they managed to lift the door from the outside to get into it.

 

[highland145]

I wonder how many kids were killed by that. Of course I remember playing with lawn darts. Catch!

Yep.

 

[IronWing]

Why is it so hard for kids to open the fridge from the inside?

Because they can't get their arms out of the freezer bags?

 

[Jaskalas]

On a side note I can envisage a situation where a kid gets in a really big fridge that is laying on its back and would struggle to lift the door from the inside but this brings up the question of how they managed to lift the door from the outside to get into it.

It fell over when they're inside.

 

[Markbnj]

I think there are still cases now and then, and I believe I remember one from the not too distant past, but I am sure they fell off with the introduction of magnetic seals. As was mentioned above the old ones had latches. Although, come to think of it, I wouldn't doubt a small child would have trouble pushing open a magnetically sealed door from the inside.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

if they could open it from the inside then it wouldn't be as effective against nuclear bombs

 

[JM Aggie08]

Physics.

 

[tranceport]

Climb in fridge and it falls forward causing the weight of the entire thing to keep the door shut?

I made it out OK guys.. thanks for all the help.

 

[ctbaars]

Watched tranceport going in ...
Can't find one of him coming out ...

 

[feralkid]

Think of it as a Tardis that transports you to a point in time after your death.

 

[SMOGZINN]

The latch is the primary reason, and since the laws were changed to require that refrigerators have no more than a 15-pound push from inside to open there has not been an accidental refrigerator death reported since 2003 (and only a few since the 1970's when most of the old latch types were disposed of.)

 

[lxskllr]

It's a trap!
Darwin: So?

 

[tential]

Um, if it was easy for them to open the fridge from the inside I'd be really screwed...

 

[Fern]

Refrigerators manufactured up until about 1960 had mechanical latches that could only be opened from the outside. I doubt very much that the danger exists with today's fridges.

^This^

It was the mechanical latches on fridges back then.

Fern

 

[Rakehellion]

when they open it fine from the outside?

I don't understand this thread.