Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shelving assembly for refrigerator compartment
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Application No.: US15182846Application Date: 2016-06-15
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Publication No.: US09726422B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Todd Tunzi
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Main IPC: A47B96/04
- IPC: A47B96/04 ; F25D25/02 ; A47B57/08 ; F25D23/06 ; F25D27/00 ; F25D11/02

Abstract:
A shelving assembly includes ladder rails mounted within spaced elongated pockets formed in the rear wall of a refrigerator compartment. Each ladder rail presents a front, side, rear wall portions. Adjacent the front wall portion, a vertical slot is defined, at least in part, by an in-turned portion of the front wall portion. Offset from the slot, the in-turned portion is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and rearwardly projecting hooks. Each shelf of the assembly includes arms, each having an anchoring pin and a support foot. In mounting the shelf, the support foot and the anchoring pin of each arm are placed through a cutout formed in the front wall portion of a respective ladder, the shelf is arranged in a desired vertical position with the arm sliding within the slot, and then the anchoring pin is supported upon a respective one of the hooks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290712A1 Shelving Assembly for Refrigerator Compartment Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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